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1999 Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference Proceedings

Description:
These on-line proceedings contain papers on each of the presentations given at the conference which was held in Spokane, Washington, USA in 1999. Also available are directions for obtaining a video of seven conference focus sessions.

Accessible from:
http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu/directseed/conf99/proceedings99.html

2001 Northwest Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference Proceedings

Description:
This on-line proceedings from a conference held in Spokane, Washington (USA) in 2001 contains links to papers on the sessions, biographical summaries for the speakers, and instructions for purchasing or borrowing a video tape of seven of the sessions.

Accessible from:
http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu/DirectSeed/conf2k1/proceedings2K1.htm

Agricultura 21

Description:
Una revista de la FAO que trata varios temas relacionados con la agricultura. Tiene un mecanismo de búsqueda en el cual uno puede encontrar artículos anteriores sobre temas específicos, por ejemplo abonos verdes y cultivos de cobertura

Accessible from:
http://www.fao.org/ag/esp/default.htm

Agricultural, Environmental, and Earth Sciences Journal Articles

Description:
Articles from a number of scientific journals can be accessed through this ASA-CSSA-SSSA collection. Abstracts are freely accessible; access to full text may require payment. Browsing and search functions for related agricultural topics can be found at http://soil.scijournals.org/collections/.

Accessible from:
http://soil.scijournals.org/collections/index.shtml

AGRIS Gestión de la información para la investigación agraria internacional - bases de datos.

Description:
Desde este sitio uno puede realizar búsquedas sencillas en relación a información sobre agricultura y suelos en la base de datos AGRIS de la FAO, ó navegar en varios campos indicizatos.

Accessible from:
http://www.fao.org/agris/Centre.asp?Content=DB&Menu_1ID=DB&Menu_2ID=DB1&Language=ES

Agrociencia - revista

Description:
Agrociencia, publicación bimestral, en formato totalmente bilingüe (español-inglés), creada y respaldada por el Colegio de Postgraduados con la finalidad de difundir los resultados de la investigación agropecuaria y forestal, nacional e internacional.

Accessible from:
http://www.colpos.mx/agrocien/agrociencia.htm

Agroecology Case Studies

Description:
A list of agroecology case studies with active links to the actual case studies across the world.

Accessible from:
http://agroecology.org/cases.htm

Agronomía Tropical

Description:
Revista publicada por el Fondo Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias. Cubre todas las áreas de la investigación agrícola.

Accessible from:
http://www.redpav-fpolar.info.ve/agrotrop/index.html

Amaranth to Zai Holes: Ideas for growing Food Under Difficult Conditions

Description:
Published by ECHO, this on-line book covers a variety of subjects including agricultural development, multi-purpose trees, farming systems and gardening techniques, intercropping, green manures and cover crops. Free user ID necessary to access site.

Accessible from:
http://www.echotech.org/network/modules.php?name=AZ

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Description:
This subscription based, quarterly, peer-reviewed journal is published by Winrock International. It is a forum for disseminating research findings on alternative or sustainable farming systems.

Accessible from:
http://www.winrock.org/wallacecenter/ajaa.htm

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Description:
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BIOAGRO - revista

Description:
BIOAGRO es una revista arbitrada de circulación cuatrimestral que publica artículos científicos en todos los campos de las ciencias agrícolas y agroalimentarias.

Accessible from:
http://pegasus.ucla.edu.ve/bioagro/index.htm

Boletín - Agricultura Conservación

Description:
Un boletín informativo de la Asociación Española Agricultura de Conservación Suelos Vivos.

Accessible from:
http://www.aeac-sv.org/html/boletines.html

Ciencia Rural (Portugúes)

Description:
Ciência Rural es una revista bimestral, con el objetivo de publicar artículos originales, notas cortas, relato(s) de caso(s) sobre ciencia de suelos, microbiología, producción agropecuaria y otros.

Accessible from:
http://www.ufsm.br/ccr/revista/

Cropping Systems in Costa Rica

Description:
This is a report that compares large-scale and small-scale cropping systems in Costa Rica. These systems operate both in lowland and upland areas, and thus they grow a variety of crops.

Accessible from:
http://www.agron.iastate.edu/courses/Agron446/Spring1997/TeamProjects/CostaRica.htm

ECHO-Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization

Description:
Homepage with information on resources for tropical agriculture, ECHO's Global Bookstore online, and other information

Accessible from:
http://echonet.org/

Extension and Education Materials for Sustainable Agriculture: Volume 6.

Description:
Future Horizons: Recent Literature in Sustainable Agriculture. This site presents reviews of recent sustainable agriculture literature.

Accessible from:
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/ianr/csas/extvol6.htm

Field Crops Research

Description:
This international subscription-based journal publishes science and technological papers on crops and cropping systems. On-line and/or paper versions can be subscribed to through this site.

Accessible from:
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/03784290

IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements)

Description:
IFOAM coordonne le réseau des personnes et des organismes impliqués dans l'agriculture biologique dans environ 100 pays autour du monde. Ce homepage rechercheable (aussi disponible en allemand, espagnol, anglais, portugais, russe, et italien) inclut des informations sur l'organisation, des publications, des événements, des liens à d'autres ressources, et plus.

Accessible from:
http://www.ifoam.org/whoisifoam/french.html

Integrated, conservation spring cropping systems for the arid and semiarid wheat-fallow region of the PNW

Description:
This paper presents the results of a project carried out in the arid and semi-arid region of the Pacific Northwest (USA) in 1997-98. The project compared continuous, no-till spring cropping systems to traditional winter wheat fallow systems.

Accessible from:
http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu/annualreports/1998/SP38RFY.htm

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)

Description:
IFOAM coordinates a network of people and organizations involved in organic agriculture in about 100 countries around the world. The searchable homepage (in German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Italian) includes information about the organization, publications, events, links to other resources, and more.

Accessible from:
http://www.ifoam.org/

Nondegrading Land Use Strategies for Tropical Hillsides

Description:
A brief paper that includes hillside characteristics, hillside land use systems, and policies to address current and future needs.

Accessible from:
http://www.cgiar.org/ifpri/2020/briefs/number27.htm

Precision Agriculture

Description:
This subscription based international journal, available on-line and in print, publishes papers on advances in precision agriculture.

Accessible from:
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1385-2256

Revista Agronomia Costarricense

Description:
El objetivo fundamental de la REVISTA AGRONOMIA COSTARRICENSE es difundir la investigación agrícola realizada en Costa Rica o de interés en este país.

Accessible from:
http://cariari.ucr.ac.cr/~iia/Revista.html

Revistas electronicas disponibles en CIAT

Description:
Este listado compilado por CIAT permite accesar de manera rapida las revistas compradas por la biblioteca, así como a títulos gratuítos en internet que poseen información sobre agricultura tropical, ciencia de suelos, agroforesteria y otros.

Accessible from:
http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/biblioteca/biblioteca_es/revistas_electronicas.htm

Servicio de informacion Mesoamericano sobre agricultura sostenible (SIMAS)

Description:
Tiene como objetivo promover y animar procesos de intercambio, reflexión y coordinación entre las organizaciones locales, nacionales /o regionales que permitan la búsqueda de alternativas y el accionar conjunto.

Accessible from:
http://www.simas.org.ni

Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT)

Description:
Developed by the Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center (MBRLC), SALT is a diversified agroforestry farming system that adequately controls soil erosion while helping restore soil structure and fertility. A fully-illustrated manual on how to farm the hilly land without losing the topsoil. Includes history of the system.

Accessible from:
http://www2.mozcom.com/~mbrlc/salt1/cover.html

Smokin' Doc Thurston's Greatest Hits

Description:
This is a slide database of over 2,500 pictures taken all over the world related to plant pathology, tropical plant pathology, agricultural development in the tropics, sustainable development, and traditional practices of farmers in developing countries.

Accessible from:
http://www.tropag-fieldtrip.cornell.edu/docthurston/smokinhome.html

TAPP Citation Database

Description:
This is a searchable database of references on traditional agriculture and plant pathology. Some references include abstracts.

Accessible from:
http://tapp.mannlib.cornell.edu/

The African Palm: a Strategic Resource for Integrated Systems of Tropical Production

Description:
Agricultural Sciences for Biodiversity and Sustainability in Development Countries - Procceding of a Workshop

Accessible from:
http://www.ihh.kvl.dk/htm/php/tune95/14duran.htm

Traditional Practices for Plant Disease Management in Traditional Farming Systems

Description:
This site contains a brief overview of plant disease management in traditional farming systems and includes links to more information on the subject.

Accessible from:
http://www.tropag-fieldtrip.cornell.edu/Thurston_TA/default.html

Tropical Agriculture

Description:
ECHO'S Global Bookstore with ordering information. This page features books on tropical agriculture: agroforestry, reforestation, dryland farming, major tropical crops, lesser-known tropical crops, animal husbandry in the tropics, etc. Free user ID necessary to access site.

Accessible from:
http://www.echotech.org/bookstore/index.php?cPath=23&osCsid=0d0be2b5253283b62b433c54ad9caa30

Tropical-seeds.com: publications & research: articles

Description:
The tropical-seeds.com technical forum contains the most extensive collection of on-line articles on tropical horticulture in the world. Green Co has looked high and low, scoured every corner of the web to bring you the definitive collection of informative horticultural articles.

Accessible from:
http://www.tropical-seeds.com/tech_forum/pubs_res/sl_hort_res.html

Western Region 1996 Annual Report: Final Results

Description:
Professional development Program report. The objectives of this program were to develop extension training curricula emphasizing the paradigm of sustainable agriculture under island eco-systems; and, train extension agents and other field-level agriculture professionals to enable them to help farmers implement sustainable agriculture strategies at the field level in tropical areas of the western region.

Accessible from:
http://wsare.usu.edu/pubs/96arc/pf9414.htm


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