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Agriculture and Landuse

Last Updated: 15-Sep-2016

Use this subject guide to find the most relevant information resources for agricultural science disciplines. 

Subject Librarians

Bridget Thrasher
Bridget Thrasher
Earth & Environmental Sciences Librarian
Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections (Branner)
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Subjects

Agriculture, forestry, and wildlife

Databases

CAB Abstracts
The most comprehensive database for agricultural science references in journals, conference papers and technical reports. Subject coverage includes agriculture, animal production, genetics, forestry, biotechnology, and entomology. Coverage Dates: 1973 - present.
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM)
Covers environmental sciences topics, including ecology, energy resources, and pollution issues. Coverage Dates: 1967 - present.
AGRICOLA
Published by the National Agricultural Library, covers the world's agricultural literature, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, soil and water resources, and earth and environmental sciences.Coverage Dates: 1970 - present.

Data

Agro-MAPS: Global Spatial Database of Agricultural Land-Use Statistics
This database contains statistics on food crop production, harvested area and yields for more than 130 countries in Africa, Asia, Near East in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America and Oceania.
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
NASS, the arm of the USDA, publishes statistical information relating to agriculture.
USDA Economic Research Service Data Products
The Economic Research Service provides economic analysis to support the agricultural system. Includes hundreds of data sets complied on consumer price indexes, agricultural baseline data, commodity costs and yields, fertilizer data and quarterly food-at-home prices.
Global Land Cover Facility
The Global Land Cover Facility focuses on research using remotely sensed satellite data and products to assess land cover change for local to global systems.
FAO land and water digital media series
FAO land and water digital media series. Titles include: Digital soil map of the world and derived soil properties; Terrastat: Global land resources GIS models and databases for poverty and food insecurity mapping; Global map of irrigation areas

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Handbooks

Agricultural Survey Methods
Based on papers presented at the 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2007 International Conferences on Agricultural Statistics. Also available in print http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8630600
Encyclopedia of agriculture and food systems
Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems addresses important issues by examining topics of global agriculture and food systems that are key to understanding the challenges we face. 
Encyclopedia of biotechnology in agriculture and food
Nearly 200 entries that cover the entire food system, describing the concepts and processes that are used in the production of raw agricultural materials and food product manufacturing.

Newest Agriculture resources (LC Subject Heading)

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  1. Projet de budget : rapport présenté par le ministre ...
  2. Rapport bilan : campagne ...

    République du Tchad, Présidence de la République, Primature, Ministère de l'agriculture et de l'irrigation, Secrétariat d'État, Secrétariat général, Direction national de l'ONDR. 21st century

  3. Rapport présenté au Parlement à l'occasion de l'examen du projet de budget ... par Monsieur le Ministre de l'Agriculture

    République du Sénégal, Ministère d'Agriculture.

  4. The economics of biofuels : the impact of EU bioenergy policy on agricultural markets and land grabbing in Africa

    Stefania Bracco. 2017

  5. The 2014 Farm Act Agriculture risk coverage, price loss coverage, and supplemental coverage option programs' effects on crop revenue

    Erik O'Donoghue [and four others].. 2016

  6. 2016 Billion-Ton Report [electronic resource]
  7. The 4-H harvest : sexuality and the state in rural America

    Gabriel N. Rosenberg. 2016

  8. 5 ошибок Столыпина : "грабли" русских реформ

    Сергей Кара-Мурза.. 2016

  9. Abundance on a dry land
  10. An Act to Authorize a Comprehensive Strategic Approach for United States Foreign Assistance to Developing Countries to Reduce Global Poverty and Hunger, Achieve Food and Nutrition Security, Promote Inclusive, Sustainable, Agricultural-led Economic Growth, Improve Nutritional Outcomes, Especially for Women and Children, Build Resilience among Vulnerable Populations, and for Other Purposes