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Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog  agro.biodiver.se Luigi Guarino and Jeremy Cherfas aim to include on this blog, nuggets of information on anything that relates to agrobiodiversity, and welcome contributions from others.

Agriculture 21  www.fao.org/ag Food and Agriculture Organization's agriculture website. Includes a news magazine plus guides and links to information on livestock, biotechnology, land/water development, crop production, plant protection, agricultural support systems.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada  www.agr.gc.ca Provides information, research and technology, and policies and programs to achieve security of the food system, health of the environment and innovation for growth.

Alternative Agriculture Marketing and Business Practices  afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=2&tax_level=1&tax… AFSIC's overview of marketing and business options for small-scale agricultural producers covers direct marketing, value-added expertise, commodity data, regulatory programs, business planning tools, subject guides and web sites.

Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, NAS/NRC  dels.nas.edu/banr Part of U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. Topics on site include animal nutrition, pesticides, and federal funding of agricultural research.

CIAT: International Center for Tropical Agriculture  www.ciat.cgiar.org Carries out research into agriculture and crops. Details of projects, regional activities, educational information, project databases.

COST Action 866: Green Care in Agriculture  www.umb.no/?avd=128 International co-operative project to increase scientific knowledge on the best way to implement green care in agriculture, through research and working groups.

EARD InfoSys  www.infosysplus.org European Information System on Agricultural Research website. Links and information on research on crops, agricultural, and fisheries topics.

The Earth's Carrying Capacity - Some Literature Reviews  home.alltel.net/bsundquist1 A review spread over hundreds of pages, of the global literature on degradation of soils, crop, grazing and forest lands, and fisheries.

EliteFarmer  www.elitefarmer.com Collection of PDF files and links, grouped by sector, providing an agricultural portal for products, services and information.

FieldRobotEvent  www.fieldrobotevent.de The use of autonomous, small robots in agriculture is expected to revolutionize field work. Professional, university or school teams are invited to enter their robots for an open-air field contest.

FoodSHIELD  www.foodshield.org Web-based food defence network designed to enable departments of agriculture and health, as well as laboratories, to communicate and coordinate with their peers in the US and Canada.

GARDEN-InfoSys+  www.garden-infosys.de Maps the German landscape of agricultural research for development (ARD) and offers access to German web resources in ARD.

National Institute of Agricultural Botany  www.niab.com Independent UK body specialising in agriculture, horticulture and food. It supplies a number of services including consultancy, training, and technical advice to governments, supra-governmental agencies, agribusiness and farmers.

Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry  www.ruaf.org Provides resources for the integration of agriculture into urban planning. Website holds a number of papers and links to related sites.

The Small Farm Resource  www.farminfo.org Aims to disseminate information of use to people with small farms or rural property. Topics include aquaculture, beekeeping, livestock, orchard and forage crops, and pests.

Urban Agriculture News  www.urbanagriculture-news.com News service that provides a review of daily news and publishes monthly newsletters serving the community of practitioners, developers and theorists that are planning and practicing agriculture within cities.

U.S. Department of Agriculture  www.usda.gov Describes its main functions, and with a collection of links on current agricultural news and research.

World Agricultural Group  www.world-agriculture.com Publishes articles on agriculture and related topics as part of a program for agricultural and environmental education intended to provide basic knowledge about the agro-ecosystem and its management.