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 Its content includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more.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 6791 - 6795 of 9579Validation of plant diversity indicators in semi-natural grasslands
The use of plant biodiversity indicators in a nationwide survey of semi-natural grasslands in Sweden was examined by comparing results from the survey with additional in-depth studies of plant diversity at the same 30 sites in southern Sweden. Additional grasslands, that were not subjected to the nationwide survey (i.e. rejected after an initial site selection), were also investigated in order to examine the quality of the initial site selection and to assess to what extent they harboured species rich plant communities.
effect of development interventions on the use of indigenous range management strategies in the Borana Lowlands in Ethiopia
In the last three decades, the Borana rangelands of Southern Ethiopia have been deteriorating due to unsustainable utilization. This paper analyses the changes in indigenous range management among the Borana pastoralists and the role of development interventions.The fieldwork was carried out during 2000-2002, following a severe drought. Two locations, Dida Hara and Web, that once were part of a large grazing system with seasonally distinct herd movements, experienced differences in development interventions.
Continuity and change: Land and water use reforms in rural Uzbekistan. Socio-economic and legal analyses for the region Khorezm
Decades of Soviet rule have left a heritage of environmental and social problemsin Central Asia. The demise of an entire ecosystem at unprecedented pace, the"Aral Sea Syndrome", is the most prominent of the undesired outcomes of thefocus on agricultural production that has dominated land and resource use andcontinues till today. The international outcry over this ecological crisis has delegatedother – and maybe more urgent – problems to a second pane.
Monitoring Economic and Social Changes within NSW Water Sharing Plan Areas: A Participatory Approach
This paper presents a participatory approach being used to monitor the changes in economicand social indicators within the Water Sharing Plan areas in NSW. The approach entailsclose cooperation and input from the stakeholders comprising engagement and scoping;profiling, literature review and media scanning; indicators selection; data collection; andanalysis and reporting over time. The monitoring data on the key economic and socialindicators will be used for review of the Water Sharing Plans as well as further refinementand development of water policies in NSW.
Arid and semiarid rangelands: production, diversity and global change
This paper comprises some general issues about the natural and agricultural context in arid and semiarid Mediterranean pastures. We include most of our studies concerning to shrublands characteristics: composition, production and diversity; which have been developed in the oriental sector of Andalusia for more than 20 years. This work is concluded with some personal considerations about the changes in the land uses, mainly due to rural abandonment, and its incidence in the global change.