What is AGRIS?
AGRIS (International System for Agricultural Science and Technology) is a global public database providing access to bibliographic information on agricultural science and technology. The database is maintained by CIARD, and its content is provided by participating institutions from all around the globe that form the network of AGRIS centers (find out more here). One of the main objectives of AGRIS is to improve the access and exchange of information serving the information-related needs of developed and developing countries on a partnership basis.
AGRIS contains over 8 million bibliographic references on agricultural research and technology & links to related data resources on the Web, like DBPedia, World Bank, Nature, FAO Fisheries and FAO Country profiles.
More specifically
AGRIS is at the same time:
A collaborative network of more than 150 institutions from 65 countries, maintained by FAO of the UN, promoting free access to agricultural information.
A multilingual bibliographic database for agricultural science, fuelled by the AGRIS network, containing records largely enhanced with AGROVOC, FAO’s multilingual thesaurus covering all areas of interest to FAO, including food, nutrition, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, environment etc.
A mash-up Web application that links the AGRIS knowledge to related Web resources using the Linked Open Data methodology to provide as much information as possible about a topic within the agricultural domain.
Opening up & enriching information on agricultural research
AGRIS’ mission is to improve the accessibility of agricultural information available on the Web by:
- Maintaining and enhancing AGRIS, a bibliographic repository for repositories related to agricultural research.
- Promoting the exchange of common standards and methodologies for bibliographic information.
- Enriching the AGRIS knowledge by linking it to other relevant resources on the Web.
AGRIS is also part of the CIARD initiative, in which CGIAR, GFAR and FAO collaborate in order to create a community for efficient knowledge sharing in agricultural research and development.
AGRIS covers the wide range of subjects related to agriculture, including forestry, animal husbandry, aquatic sciences and fisheries, human nutrition, and extension. Its content includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more. A growing number (around 20%) of bibliographical records have a corresponding full text document on the Web which can easily be retrieved by Google.
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Displaying 4936 - 4940 of 9579impact of agro‐pastoral abandonment on the Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca in the Apennines
Human depopulation of rural mountain areas and the consequent abandonment of traditional land management are among the greatest driving forces behind changes in mountain ecosystems in Western Europe. Tree and shrub encroachment lead to an increase in landscape matrix uniformity and habitat fragmentation. For some animal species, this represents an unusual case of habitat loss caused by secondary succession. The animal species associated with this agro‐pastoral habitat may suffer from decreased connectivity as a consequence.
The GHG Balance of Biofuels Taking into Account Land Use Change (Power Point)
The contribution of biofuels to the saving of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has recentlybeen questioned because of emissions resulting from land use change (LUC) for bioenergyfeedstock production. We investigate how the inclusion of the carbon effect of LUC into thecarbon accounting framework, as scheduled by the European Commission, impacts on landuse choices for an expanding biofuel feedstock production. We first illustrate the change inthe carbon balances of various biofuels, using methodology and data from the IPCCGuidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
ICESat laser full waveform analysis for the classification of land cover types over the cryosphere
In this study, a terrain classification algorithm is presented that was derived from various properties of the returned full waveform signals collected from the Ice, Cloud and land elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission. Such an algorithm would be beneficial for current and future studies of the cryosphere, particularly Greenland and Antarctica, by helping to identify changes in the large scale surface properties over time. The algorithm developed was validated over a test region in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, where the terrain is well known and regularly monitored.
Conservation and concealment in SpeciesBanking.com, USA: an analysis of neoliberal performance in the species offsetting industry
Market-based strategies are promoted as neoliberal governance solutions to environmental problems, from local to global scales. Tradable mitigation schemes are proliferating. These include species banking, which enables payments for the purchase of species credits awarded to conserved areas to offset development impacts on protected species elsewhere.
Potential Economic Effects of Post-CRP Land Management in Southwest North Dakota
The uncertain future of the Conservation Reserve Program has created substantial interestfor agricultural producers, rural businesses, community leaders, sportsmen, and wildlifeorganizations. Many regions of the upper Great Plains have participated heavily in the CRP asevidenced by program acreage reaching land enrollment limits; however, current enrollment andre-enrollment criterion are expected to substantially reduce CRP acreage in many parts of theGreat Plains.