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Technically oriented websites about the environmental aspects of agriculture, including agricultural pollution and its control.

Subcategories

• Agricultural Biodiversity
• Animal Wastes
• Biological Pest Control
• Livestock Methane Emissions
• Permaculture
• Soil Erosion
• Sustainable Agriculture

Resources in This Category

• ADAS: News and Views

  http://aplus.adas.co.uk/
  Provides regularly updated news and articles on the impacts farming activities have on the environment.

• An Effect of Aeroionized and Ozonized Media upon Food Substances and Agricultural Raw Materials

  http://www.angelfire.com/pe/daptap99/amelkin.html
  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).

• Center for Agriculture in the Environment

  http://www.aftresearch.org/
  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.

• ENDURE: Diversifying Crop Protection

  http://www.endure-network.eu/
  The European Network for the Durable Exploitation of Crop Protection Strategies aims to develop science-based sustainable, innovative pest control strategies to reduce pesticide use in agriculture.

• European Environment Agency - Agriculture Themes

  http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/agriculture
  Collection of indicators, reports, links, data sets and targets on topics related to European agriculture and the environment.

• Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

  http://www.iatp.org/
  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.

• Land Allocation Decision Support System

  http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/LADSS/
  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.

• Nutrient and Water Policy Update

  http://agenvpolicy.aers.psu.edu/
  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.

• Oasis

  http://www.oasisglobal.net/
  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).

• Peterman's Eye: Farming

  http://www.petermanseye.com/archives/curiosities/Farming
  Blog of ideas, facts and opinions which aims to educate and entertain as well as discuss, in a stimulating and thought-provoking way, the topics of the day regarding agriculture and farming.

• Smoke Management Program

  http://www.arb.ca.gov/smp/smp.htm
  revisions to the regulation governing agricultural burning in California.

• The Land Institute

  http://www.landinstitute.org/
  Research in natural systems agriculture featuring perennial grain polycultures using nature as its measure.

• UK Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Central Science Laboratory

  http://www.csl.gov.uk/
  Carries out research on environmentally sound food production.

• University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program

  http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/
  Information on sustainable production, alternatives to methyl bromide, and related topics.

• Water Quality - University of Maine Cooperative Extension

  http://www.umaine.edu/waterquality
  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.

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