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 Business: Industries: Agriculture and Forestry: Arable Farming
Health: Alternative: Herbs
Science: Biology: Botany
Advances in New Crops
Proceedings of the First National Symposium of the Center for new crops and plant products of the Purdue University which focuses on research, development, and economics.
Agro-Fauna Home Page
Information about field and horticultural crop plants suitable for agricultural production in Brazil.
Agronomy Program
Plans and conducts applied research and extension programs on forages and sugar cane for the mineral (sandy) and adjacent (organic) soils of Florida's cattle and sugar cane production areas at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center of the University of Florida.
Alternative Field Crops Manual
Detailed information on the production of a number of agronomic crops adapted to the upper Midwestern U.S., from adzuki bean to wild rice.
The Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops
Nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes the production, processing, development, and commercialization of industrial crops and products derived from them.
Australian New Crops Project
Information about "new" crop developments, from the University of Queensland.
Badgersett Research Corporation
Research and development of hazelnuts and chestnuts for use as staple crops, sale of seedlings and nuts. Minnesota.
Center for New Crops and Plant Products
Extensive collection of information from Purdue University on crop diversification.
CropReference
Sources of information from Purdue University on promising new crops for food, timber, shade, soil improvement.
Edible Landscape Nursery Catalog
Information about plants (many obscure) that are available from ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization, a Christian non-profit group that is battling world hunger).
Famine Foods
A list and description of plants that are not normally considered as crops but are consumed in times of famine.
Kentucky American Seeds
Information on soybeans, wheat, grasses, corn, specialty crops, legumes, seed treatments and seed conditioning.
Lost Crops of the Incas
An online book, presenting little-known plants of the Andes with promise for worldwide cultivation.
Monsanto India
Provides news and information about agriculture and genetically enhanced seeds in a number of languages.
National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS)
Focused on preserving the genetic diversity of plants by acquiring, preserving, evaluating, documenting and distributing crop germplasms to research scientists. Includes general information on NPGS and Germplasm Resources Information Network. Contents include collection information, repositories, committees, and related resources.
Neglected Crops: 1492 From A Different Perspective
Plants of American origin that have been neglected or mostly forgotten since the arrival of Europeans.
PlantFacts - Ohio State University
Searches over 20,000 pages of horticulture and crop science info from over 40 academic and government institutions departments in the U.S. by keyword and region..
The ProBiotech Web Site
An analysis of the development and benefits of biotechnology in agriculture. UK.
RiceWeb
Provides information about the history, production, and distribution of rice, as well as discussions of environmental and geographic factors, and current research issues.
Riceworld
Information about the cultivation and the economy of the world's rice crop.
Technical Manual on Small-Scale Processing of Fruits and Vegetables
Examines the socioeconomic benefits and effects on rural development of small agroindustrial enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Used as a guide for the activities that the United Nations FAO carries out in these areas.
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