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 Its content includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more.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 6961 - 6965 of 9579[Prospects of irrigation land in Spain at the beginning of the 21st century]
Implications of Bulk Water Transfer on Local Water Management Institutions: A Case Study of the Melamchi Water Supply Project in Nepal
To mitigate a drinking water crisis in Kathmandu valley, the Government of Nepalinitiated the Melamchi Water Supply Project in 1997, which will divert water fromthe Melamchi River to Kathmandu city’s water supply network. In the first phase,the Project will divert 170,000 cubic meters of water per day (at the rate of1.97M3/sec), which will be tripled using the same infrastructure as city waterdemand increases in the future. The large scale transfer of water would have far-reachingimplications in both water supplying and receiving basins.
South Dakota Agricultural Land Market Trends 1991-2008: The 2008 SDSU South Dakota Farm Real Estate Survey
Agricultural land values and cash rental rates in South Dakota, by region, are the primary topics of this report. Target audiences are farmers and ranchers, landowners, ag professionals, and policy makers interested in ag land market trends. It contains results of the 2008 SDSU SD Farm Real Estate Market Survey, developed to estimate ag land values and cash rental rates by land use in different regions of South Dakota.
Examen des politiques agricoles de l'Inde
With a population of about 1.1 billion, India is expected to overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2030. India's economy ranks as Asia's third largest, after Japan and China, and is now one of the world's fastest growing. While growth has led to significant reductions in poverty, India still ranks among the world's low income countries in terms of income per capita. Nevertheless, economic growth has resulted in a burgeoning middle-class.India's agriculture sector accounts for 18% of GDP, and employs around 60% of the workforce.