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ADAS: News and Views
Provides regularly updated news and articles on the impacts farming activities have on the environment.
http://aplus.adas.co.uk/
An Effect of Aeroionized and Ozonized Media upon Food Substances and Agricultural Raw Materials
Abstract of research on effects of aeroionized and ozonized media and of other external factors upon metabolic processes of aerobic organisms (both procaryote and eukaryote).
http://www.angelfire.com/pe/daptap99/amelkin.html
Center for Agriculture in the Environment
US nonprofit research center that conducts public policy research to reduce the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment. Information about projects, grant opportunities, and beneficial farm practices.
http://www.aftresearch.org/
Conservation Effects Assessment Project
Provides a number of downloadable files providing an overview of various environmental outcomes resulting from landowner participation in USDA conservation programs.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/ceap/ceap01.shtml
ENDURE: Diversifying Crop Protection
based sustainable, innovative pest control strategies to reduce pesticide use in agriculture.
http://www.endure-network.eu/
Enviroclips
Short articles on environmental aspects of agriculture, freely available for republication, from the agribusiness company Syngenta. Topics include soil and water conservation, precision agriculture, biotechnology, pesticides, and government regulation.
http://www.enviroclips.com/
European Environment Agency - Agriculture Themes
Collection of indicators, reports, links, data sets and targets on topics related to European agriculture and the environment.
http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/agriculture
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Mission is to create environmentally and economically sustainable rural communities and regions through sound agriculture and trade policy. Supporting sustainable agriculture, reduced pesticide use, and related practices.
http://www.iatp.org/
Land Allocation Decision Support System
LADSS is an agricultural research tool being developed to assist in the investigation of policy and environmental change impacts such as CAP reform and climate change.
http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/LADSS/
Nitrogen News
Provides information on the growing environmental impact of nitrogen fertilisers used to allow food production to rise with the global increase in population.
http://www.nitrogennews.com/
Nutrient and Water Policy Update
About U.S. federal and Pennsylvania state policies and programs to reduce environmental impacts of animal agriculture operations, plus information and links on agricultural water use and quality, impacts of concentrated animal feeding, and related topics.
http://agenvpolicy.aers.psu.edu/
Oasis
Provides information on the research on dryland degradation and desertification being undertaken by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) in support of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
http://www.oasisglobal.net/
Peterman's Eye: Farming
provoking way, the topics of the day regarding agriculture and farming.
http://www.petermanseye.com/archives/curiosities/Farming
Research into New Quarantine Treatments for Horticultural and Timber Products as Alternatives to Methyl Bromide Fumigation
organization research project to find an alternative to the use of methyl bromide fumigation in agriculture, horticulture and forestry.
http://ec.europa.eu/research/agro/fair/en/uk4259.html
Smoke Management Program
revisions to the regulation governing agricultural burning in California.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/smp/smp.htm
Systemwide Initiative on Malaria and Agriculture
mail discussion group.
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/sima/index.asp
The Land Institute
Research in natural systems agriculture featuring perennial grain polycultures using nature as its measure.
http://www.landinstitute.org/
UK Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Central Science Laboratory
Carries out research on environmentally sound food production.
http://www.csl.gov.uk/
UMD Agricultural Nutrient Management
Farmers and scientists can learn about nutrient contamination of the Chesapeake Bay and ways to prevent it by using best management practices.
http://anmp.umd.edu/
University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Information on sustainable production, alternatives to methyl bromide, and related topics.
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/
Water Quality - University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Research information and advice to agricultural producers on best management practices to maintain water quality, including efficient nutrient and weed management practices and watershed management techniques.
http://www.umaine.edu/waterquality
Water Quality Information Center
WQIC provides information on water quality and agriculture. It collects, organizes and communicates scientific findings, educational methodologies and public policy issues. It is part of USDA's National Agricultural Library.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/