Related Links

 

Agroecology

• Latin American Scientific Society of Agroecology (SOCLA)
  http://www.agroeco.org/socla/
  http://www.agroecologia.pbwiki.com/
• Agroecology
  (UC Berkeley)
• Center for Agroecology and Sust. Food Systems (UCSC)
• Principles of Agroecology and Sustainability (CASFS, UCSC)
• Organic Agriculture at FAO

Agroforestry

• Agroforestry Series – ATTRA On-Line Publications
• International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
• UK Agroforestry Forum
• The Overstory Journal Archive
  A free on-line journal focusing on trees and crops in agroforestry
• Agroforester.com
  Free publications on Agroforestry
• Agroforestry for Farms & Ranches (NRCS, USDA)
• Center for Agroforestry (Univ. of Missouri)
• Association for Temperate Agroforestry (University of Missouri)
  Focuses on temperate agroforestry, with an emphasis on North America)
• Forest, Farm, and Community Tree Network (FACT Net)
  Look under “Publications” for the FACT sheets which provide a quick guide to multipurpose trees from around the world
• Center for Subtropical Agroforestry (Univ. of Florida)
• Tropical Agroforestry and Organic Agriculture (Cornell Univ.)

Alternative News Sources

• Common Dreams NewsCenter
• Guardian | Special reports
• Guardian| Special reports | GM debate
• IGC Internet’s Progressive Gateway
• Independent Media Center
• Network For Change- News Headlines

Biological Control

• Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies (Cornell Univ.)
• Biological Control of Insect and Mite Pests (Unv. of Nebraska, Linkoln)
• BugPeople.org, A SF Bay Area Entomology Citybugs
• Community IPM (FAO)
• UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project (UC IPM)

Biotechnology

• Ag BioTech InfoNet – Chuck BenbrooK
  An excellent resource. It contains hundreds of articles on the many issues surrounding biotechnology. Best plase to start looking!
• Backgrounders | Monsanto: Food, Health, Hope™
• Cetos, the Center for Ethics and Toxics
• FAO:AG21:Magazine:Spotlight:Biotechnology
• GeneWatch – Ethics and Risks of Genetic Engineering
• Guardian | GM rice promoter gone too far
• Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
  Promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.)
• Northern Light Special Edition: GMOs
• Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)
• True Food Network | GMO FACTS
• UC Biotechnology STAR Project

Environmental Activism

• Land, debt,seeds of wrath..the new peasants revolt (UNESCO Courier Jan 2001)
  Information on peasant resistance movements

Food Security

• Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food-UCSD
• Food First
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (UN)

Modern Agriculture and Pesticides

• Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against …
• Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR)
• Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)

Organic Agricultrure

• California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)
  Don’t Panic Eat Organic
• Economics of Organic Grain and Soybean Production in the Midwestern United States
  (H. Wallace Inst.)
• GardenWeb Home Page
• International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
• Organic Agriculture at FAO
• Organic Farming Research Foundation
• Organic gardening: Journey to Forever organic…
• Organic Monitor
  Provides Strategic Research & Marketing Consulting on the international organic food industry.
• Rodale Institute
• Rothamsted – The Classical Experiments
• Scientific Congress on Organic Agricultural Research(SCOAR)
  A collaboration of producers and scientists to develop and conduct a national research agenda for organic agriculture.)
• Soil Association
• Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems (UC Davis)

Soil Biology & Fertility

• Keys to Soil Taxonomy
• Management of Organic Inputs in Soils of the Tropics
• Soil Biology Info Resources booklet (PDF) (USDA)
• Soil Biology Primer
• Soils Data Bases, Survey Section
• Soil Ecology (Penn State)
• Soil Foodweb Incorporated
• Soil Quality Institute (USDA)

Sustainable Agriculture

• Alternative Farming Systems Information Center (USDA)
• Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Development (ATTRA)
• Biodiversity Support Program 
  Promoting conservation of the world’s biological diversity from a consortium of three partners, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and World Resources Institute (WRI).
• Centre for Information on Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture (ILEIA)
• Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture
• International Forum on Food and Agriculture (IFA)
• Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Develolpment (NCAT)
• Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP)
• Union of Concerned Scientists World
  Resources Institute (WRI)

Urban Agriculture

• Resource centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry (RUAF)

Agriculture site with latest news
http://www.ecolynx.com/agriculture.htm

Farm specialists
http://www.lanerealtycorp.com/
A useful site for oilseed
http://www.oilseed.com.pk/
Agriculture and agri-food Canada
http://aceis.agr.ca/

Site of Sadiq Brothers Poultry
http://www.sadiqbrotherspoultry.com.pk
Interactive Farming site
http://www.farmbid.com/
http://www.farms.com/

PAKISTAN

1. Pakistan Agriculture Market Information Service
2. Central Cotton Research Institute
3. Pakistan Meteorological Department 
4. Government of the Punjab 
5. Papilionid Butterfly Fauna of Pakistan
6. Punjab Agriculture Department
7. Telmedpak (Agriculture)
8. A.R Foods Private Ltd
9. Agro Technocrafts
10. Aulia Oil Mill/ Machinery Company
11. Abaka Foods Trading Establishment
12. Candy Land
13. Dawn Corporation
14. Dana Rice Mills
15. ENGRO Chemicals Pakistan Ltd.
16. FFC- Jordan Fertilizer Company Ltd.
17. Habib Sugar Mills Ltd.
18. International Foods
19. Intertrade Rice Mills
20. Marine Food Industries (Pvt) Ltd.
21. Mc Donalds
22. National Foods Limited
23. Pak Rice
24. Board of Investment
25. Export Processing Zones Authority
26. Export Promotion Bureau
27. Federal Bureau of Statistics
28. Government of Pakistan
29. Pakistan Trade Office
30. State Bank of Pakistan
31. Sustainable Development Networking Pakistan

Agriculture

Agro-Based Industry

General

 

INTERNATIONAL

Agriculture

1. AgriNet Bangladesh
2. Agriculture and Agriculture Food Canada – A Rresearch Website
3. Agricultural Research Information System (AGRIS)
4. Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR)           
5. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Bogor, Indonesia.
6. Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIP)
7. Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia
8. International Potato Centre(CIP), Peru
9. International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas, Syria
10. International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), Manila, Philippines
11. International Centre for Research in Agro-Forestry (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya
12. International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
13. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington D.C, USA
14. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
15. International Maize & Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Mexico
16. International Plant Genetic Research Institute (IPGRI)
17. International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Manila, Phillipines
18. International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)
19. International Water Management Institute (IWMI)Colombo, Srilanka
20. NANJING Agricultural University – China
21. Swiss Agricultural Research
22. TEKTRAN Technology Transfer Automated Retrieval System ( Recent Research Results from USDA)
23. TOHOKU National Fisheries Research Institute – Japan
24. SAARC Agricultural Information Centre – Bangladesh
25. West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA)
26. International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas, Syria (ICARDA)
27. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA).
28. www.cgiar.org
29. www.cgiar.org/cifo
30. www.cimmyt.m
31. www.cipotato.org

Magazines

1.    New Agriculturist- UK

2.    California Agriculture Magazine

3.    Agriculture research Magazine – USDA

4.    The Agri Surder- Germany

General

1. International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada
2. Economy Watch – Complete Indian Economy Portal
3. IUCN – The World Conservation Union
4. The Global Directory for Environmental Technology

 

Cotton

1. International Cotton Advisory Committee – English
2. Weil Brothers-Cotton, Inc.
3. Cotton Outlook by Cotlook Limited
4. National Cotton Council of America Home Page
5. Cotton Resources
6. Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Lab.
7. King Cotton Magazine
8. CGIAR Homepage
9. Cotton Incorporated
10. Ford Foundation
11. The Rockefeller Foundation
12. Cotton Australia
13. The New York Cotton Exchange
14. Cotton enterprise budgets
15. Cotton Marketing Weekly
16. Forward Pricing Cotton
17. Carolina Cotton Notes
18. Southeast Farm Press
19. Cotton Market Comments
20. Cotton Pickin’ Net
21. Cotton Production Handbook
22. National Cotton Council of America
23. Journal of Cotton Science
24. Cotton Incorporated
25. Cotton on the Net
26. Calcot Cotton Capsules
27. King Cotton
28. Nunn Cotton Company, Inc.
29. Cotton Outlook
30. The Cotton Foundation
31. National Cottonseed Products Association