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 Its content includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more.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 5006 - 5010 of 9579Structural Change and Landscape Appearance
Our study examines the potentialdevelopments of cultural landscapes, taking intoconsideration various economic and socialconditions (scenarios). The study takes place inthree project regions which represent typicallandscapes in Southern Germany and Austria. Ineach project area, the influence of a changingeconomic and political framework is analysed. Thefollowing scenarios are defined: (1) status quo(current economic and agri-political framework);(2) high-producer prices and constant (or evenincreasing) direct payments; and (3) low-producerprices and no (or very low) direct payments.
Poor rural land property rights as a manifestation of urban bias
Though poor agricultural land property rights are typical constraints thatmany peasants in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have faced since independence,little has been done to explain their persistence. I will first discuss the socalled evolutionary theory of property right (ETPR), which stipulates thatland property rights evolve as an afficient response to the economic environment. The empirical evidence suggests that the policies adopted by Africanregimes are actually in sharp contrast to what the ETPR predicts.
New Zealand Wool Inside: A Discussion Case Study
The IFAMR is the Official Journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association: www.ifama.org
Development and Rainfed Paddy Soils Potency Derived from Lacustrine Material in Paguyaman, Gorontalo
Rainfed paddy soils that are derived from lacustrine and include of E4 agroclimatic zone have many unique properties and potentially for paddy and corn plantations. This sreseach was aimed to: (1) study the soil development of rainfed paddy soils derived from lacustrine and (2) evaluate rainfed paddy soils potency for paddy and corn in Paguyaman. Soil samples were taken from three profiles according to toposequent, and they were analyzed in laboratory. Data were analyzed with descriptive-quantitative analysis.