Redirect a 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. DeKalb, Illinois, USA http://www.farmlandinfo.org/cae/
Agriculture Activities: Soil Designed for students to study how soil and the environment affects agriculture. They include investigations into soil texture, a sedimentation test and soil observations. http://interactive.usask.ca/ski/agriculture/activities/soil.html
Extractions: Place no more than three to five grains of salt in the palm of one hand. Using an eyedropper, add five drops of liquid laundry starch. Use the forefinger of the other hand to mix the salt and liquid starch. Add three drops of white glue and mix. Compare this mixture to the mixtures produced in part B. Add two more grains of salt and mix. Describe the effect of adding more salt.
New Zealand Digital Library 400 publications of ideas and solutions in the fields of agriculture, biodiversity, environmental impact assessment, natural resources, policy, climate change. http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=envl
SD : People : Asia's Women In Agriculture, Environment And Rural Production : IN Read about the occupation, education, policies and programmes for women of rural India.Category Regional Asia India Society and Culture Women labour is underestimated There are high degrees of interstate and intra-statevariations in gender roles in agriculture, environment and rural production. http://www.fao.org/sd/WPdirect/WPre0108.htm
Extractions: Source: ESCAP, 1995 Bangladesh's population is estimated at some 124.3 million in mid-1997. 42.8% of the population are under 15 years of age. The rural population in Bangladesh accounts for 79.1% and the urban 20.1%. The population growth rate is 1.8% and population density is roughly 842 persons per sq. km. Both of these rates are among the highest in the world. The fertility rate is 3.5% (EIU, 1997). Women constitute 48.6% of total population (BBS, 1995). About 92% of the households are male-headed and the remaining 8% female-headed (ESCAP, 1995). Islam is the predominant religion. 88% of the population are Muslims (EIU, 1997).
BASE - Archives Online version of the Journal, Bilingual (French and English). Contents freely available after one year. access to recent issues only for subscribers. Scope on agriculture and related topics. http://www.bib.fsagx.ac.be/base/eng/index/
Extractions: Reproduced, with permission, from: Chen, R. S. 1990. Global agriculture, environment, and hunger: Past, present, and future links. Environmental Impact Assesment Review Robert S. Chen Assistant Professor (Research) Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Program Brown University December 1990 Recent attention to the threat of global environmental change has tended to focus on the possible impacts of a changing environment on agriculture and the implications for global and regional food security. From a policy viewpoint, however, it is also critical to understand the degree to which agriculturally related activities may contribute to global-scale environmental change and the extent to which policies to prevent, mitigate, or adapt to environmental change may themselves affect agriculture and hunger. These two issues are likely to become especially important in making decisions not only about how to reduce the magnitude of human perturbations to the environment but also about how to improve both food security and environmental quality in the more crowded world of the future. To help put this broad topic into a long-term context, this paper highlights the close linkages between agriculture, environment, and hunger in the past, reviews some of the ways in which the global food system interacts with the global environment in the present, and raises some key questions regarding agriculture, environment, and hunger in the future. The pritnary focus of the paper is on global-scale changes in the environment, including possible changes in the earth's climate induced by increasing atmospheric concentrations of radiatively active trace gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2). methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) and depletion of the stratospheric ozone (O3) layer caused by releases of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other ozone-depleting substances. Interactions between agriculture and local- or regional-scale changes in the environrnent-which may also have important implications for human health and welfare-are not considered in detail.
Sustain: The Alliance For Better Food And Farming Sustain The alliance for better food and farming advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, promote equity and enrich society and culture. http://www.sustainweb.org/
Phototheque Provides free pictures by Bruno Locatelli about environment, forests, deforestation, agriculture, biodiversity, water and soil resources all around the world. http://membres.lycos.fr/bktm/
Extractions: According to the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, sustainable agriculture seeks to develop integrated farm and ranch systems that will, over the long term: The principles of sustainabilty provide a context within which to examine decision-making concerning farming and ranching practices. Sustainability implies a longer time frame when thinking about and evaluating the impacts of agricultural practices. Sustainable farming and ranching are dynamic, evolving systems. Decision-making is site-specific, information-intensive, and usually involves trade-offs among multiple goals. Agri-Business Council of Oregon
Galaxy : Environment < Community Links to information on agriculture, Air and Water Quality, Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Energy, Environmental Activism, Government, Waste Management, et. al. http://www.einet.net/galaxy/Community/Environment.html
Extractions: A fabulous gateway and educational resource on Environment, Population and Development issues which explores 14 key topical areas: Human Development, Food and Agriculture, Reproductive Health, Coasts and Oceans, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Green Industry, Eco-tourism, Biodiversity, Mountains, Pollution, Forests, Water, Cities Each of the above key topics is introduced with an authoritative Overview, together with Feature Articles, Facts and Figures, News, Links, Glossary and Book and Film reviews. The website is free to access. This website is a wonderful entry-point into all the issues which must be addressed if we are to create a healthy planet for healthy people.
Extractions: Accessibility Version Select a Topic Agriculture Banking and Finances Brownfield Redevelopment Business Resources Carbon Offsets Climate Change Commercial Energy Community Development Community-based Stewardship Ecosystems/Biodiversity Education Equity Fish/Fisheries Food Forestry Garden General Sustainability Government Initiatives Green Building Home Indicators/Measurement Land Management Land Use Planning Lifestyle Choices NGO Non-Timber Forest Products Oregon Government Procurement Product Stewardship Recycled Material Mkts. Residential Energy Resource Efficiency Smart Consumption Species/Habitat Conservation Sustain. Material Mkts. Training Transportation Value-Added Products Volunteer Opportunities Watersheds The Notice of Funds Availability/Request for Proposals for the Value-Added Agricultural Product Market Development Grant Program has been published in the Federal Register.
Eden Foundation Working for the preservation of biodiversity, against monoculture agriculture, and for better ways for humans to live in harmony with their environment. http://www.eden-foundation.org/
National Agricultural Biotechnology Council US body, sponsors meetings and forums to discuss biotechnology issues as they apply to agriculture and the environment. Lists goals and meetings. http://www.cals.cornell.edu/extension/nabc/
Extractions: June 1-3, 2003 The National Agricultural Biotechnology Council has been hosting annual public meetings about the safe, ethical, and efficacious development of agricultural biotechnology products since its formation by the Boyce Thompson Institute in collaboration with Cornell University, Iowa State University, and the University of California-Davis in 1988. Today the organization, a not-for-profit consortium of 36 leading agricultural research and teaching governmental agencies/institutions/universities in the U.S. and Canada, continues to provide all stakeholders the opportunity to speak, to listen, and to learn about the issues surrounding agricultural biotechnology.
Agriculture, Environment And Health Vernon W. Ruttan, editor. agriculture, environment and Health. Toward SustainableDevelopment in the 21st Century. Offers an interdisciplinary http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/R/ruttan_agriculture.html
Extractions: Vernon W. Ruttan, editor Agriculture, Environment and Health Toward Sustainable Development in the 21st Century Offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the implications of changes in institutional design and policy reform now underway at the global level. Ultimately, these changes will provide sustainable growth in agricultural production. Particular attention is given to the institutions that conduct research and implement changes in technology and practice in the fields of agriculture and health, as well as those that monitor the changes in resource endowments, the quality of the environment and the health, and productivity of the human resources employed in agricultural production. paper ISBN 0-8166-2292-2 $21.95
JETWET Agricultural Formula By Poulenger USA, Inc. Jetwet agriculture formula helps in the conservation of water while protecting the environment from runoff. http://www.poulengerusa.com/jetwet/jetwet_ag_label.htm
