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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. |
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Enviroclips - http://www.enviroclips.com
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. |
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Water Quality Information Center - http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/
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. |
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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. |
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The Land Institute - http://www.landinstitute.org/
Research in natural systems agriculture featuring perennial grain polycultures using nature as its measure. |
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UK Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Central Science Laboratory - http://www.csl.gov.uk
Carries out research on environmentally sound food production. |
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Smoke Management Program - http://www.arb.ca.gov/smp/smp.htm
revisions to the regulation governing agricultural burning in California. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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Phosphorus Index - http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ECS/nutrient/pindex.html
Modeling tools for assessment of phosphorus loading to waters from fertilizer and other sources. |
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UMD Agricultural Nutrient Management - http://anmp.umd.edu/
Farmers and scientists can learn about nutrient contamination of the Chesapeake Bay and ways to prevent it by using best management practices. |
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Conservation Effects Assessment Project - http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/ceap/ceap01.shtml
Provides a number of downloadable files providing an overview of various environmental outcomes resulting from landowner participation in USDA conservation programs. |
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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. |
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The Soil Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SM-CRSP) - http://www.tradeoffs.montana.edu
Project to develop a decision support system for assessing tradeoffs between agricultural production and environmental impacts, for different economic, agricultural and environmental policies. Site has project reports, publications, and presentations. |
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Blackland Research Center Water Sciences Laboratory, Texas - http://waterhome.brc.tamus.edu
The Blackland Research Water Quality group is currently working on Water Quality research projects to develop Best Management Practices to reduce atrazine, sedimentation and nutrient losses from Central Texas farm and ranchland. |
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The Public Lands Grazing Activist - http://www.grazingactivist.org/
Essays, photos, and technical references related to the impacts of livestock grazing on public lands in the Southwestern U.S. |
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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. |
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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. |