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 Its content includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more.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 8776 - 8780 of 9579Commercialisation of Agriculture in Kenya: Case Study of Urban Bias on Food Availability in Farm Households
This study investigates the effect of cash cropping on food availability and examines the determinants of the proportion of income allocated for food expenditures in the Nyeri district in Kenya. Using a Tobit model, the results suggest that in general food expenditure allocations suffer due to cash cropping in Kenya as the lump-sum income flows from this may be used for purchases other than food. Food expenditure also suffers when remittances are irregular.
Medford riparian inventory and assessment : Bear Creek tributariesMedford : Riparian inventory and assessment
Item contains nine files: 1) Inventory and Assessment. 41 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Includes maps and figures; 2) eight maps, 1 p. each. Published June, 2002. Captured January 4, 2008.
The purpose of this project was to inventory riparian areas along streams in Medford andto assess riparian area functions. "Riparian areas" are defined as "the area adjacent to astream consisting of the area of transition from the aquatic ecosystem to a terrestrialecosystem" in Medford’s Municipal Code (Section 10.921). [From the Document]
COĞRAFİ BİLGİ SİSTEMİ TEKNİKLERİ KULLANILARAK TARIMSAL AMAÇLI VERİ TABANI OLUŞTURULMASI VE ARAZİ KULLANIM PLANLAMASI YAPILMASI
The study area covers, Haymana Research Farm of Central Research Institute for Field Crops and Kenan Evren Research and Practice Farm of Ankara University Faculty of Agriculture. This area is in Ankara city, at 22nd km of Haymana-Gölbaşı province road and it is total 968 hectare. The studies, which were done in project, have two steps. In these steps, the area works were the first one. In the areas by using GPS of the roads, parcels, and pond co-ordinate points were red.
Gender, Marital Status, Farm Size and other Factors Influencing the Extent of Cash Cropping in Kenya: A Case Study
This article examines the effects of commercialisation of agriculture on land use and work patterns by means of a case study in the Nyeri district in Kenya. The study uses cross sectional data collected from small-scale farmers in this district. We find that good quality land is allocated to non-food cash crops, which may lead to a reduction in non-cash food crops and expose some households to greater risks of possible famine.
Reindeer herding and other traditional means of livelihood in modern context — planning a study in a Sami area in Finland
Reindeer herding and other traditional means of livelihoods are challenged in numerous ways by modernization and globalization processes today. In my sociological study, I am aiming at uncovering and analyzing the manifold socioeconomic changes and their contextual social and historical links, that influence the present conditions of practicing reindeer herding as a traditional means of livelihood in Finnish Lapland. In addition to focus on land use, my study will give some new understanding of the local environmental management.