Resources

The Centre for Research on Sustainable Agriculture is a NGO whose mission is to contribute to the sustainable development of the rural sector through research, development and outreach of environmentally friendly farming alternatives. It works in partnership with numerous groups, research centers, scientific and international cooperation institutions, rural communities and businesses that promote sustainable rural development in Colombia and in several countries of Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.

This survey conducted by FAO establishes a direction for positive change for enhancing sustainability of livestock systems, prioritizes various elements of the concept, proposes sectors that should take initiative for implementation of the concept and identified modalities to put the concept into practice. Available on ResearchGate.

FloraBase provides botanical information on all Western Australian vascular plant families, genera and species as well as identification tools, photos, maps, and the collecting details of over 751,805 vouchered herbarium specimens from across the State. 

The ARChE_Net project is a multi-partner regional project funded by the Reunion Regional Council, the EU and the French Government. It aims to define regional strategies to manage the ruminant production systems’ adaptation to agro-ecological and socio-economic changes thanks to the implementation of innovative monitoring tools and to the reinforcement of skills exchange within the Indian Ocean. The countries part of the network are: Australia, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Republic of Comoros, Reunion Island (France) and South Africa.

This feed table summarizes available information on chemical composition, digestibility and energy values of locally available feed-stuff resources in Eastern and Central Africa. It acts as a guide to proper feeding of animals and is therefore very useful to livestock advisors and progressive farmers.

This book is the result of three surveys held by FAO, IFCN and IDF. It provides information on 47 feeding schemes for dairy animals (cattle, sheep, goats and buffaloes) and on feeding baskets used in more than 40 different countries with a special focus on the relative part of roughage vs. concentrate in the diets.

This book explores the contribution that biodiversity for food and agriculture can make to improving food security and agricultural sustainability and  meeting the challenges of global change, particularly climate change.

This open access e-book presents an inventory of grasslands and forage crops in Europe, and the technical, economic and regulatory determinants of past and present trends. It features maps, case studies in all European regions and interviews of farmers and key stakeholders.

This book contributes to the understanding of future benefits from alternative agricultural technologies by assessing future scenarios for the potential impact  and benefits of these technologies on yield growth and production, food security, the demand for food, and agricultural trade.

This book is a complete study that attempts to integrate into a single report the major issues related to biofuel and related feedstock sustainability.

This web service consists of the Feed tables and nutrient requirements of farm animals used in Finland. It is publised by MTT Agrifood Research Finland based on a mandate from the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The animal species covered include ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats), pigs, poultry (chicken and turkeys), fur animals (fox and mink) and horses. 

This e-Repository has been established to create global visibility and accessibility to the collective output of scholary research of Sri Lanka. The repository is maintained by the National Science Foundation and it archives, preserves and offers access to the full text of scholary literature of Sri Lankan origin

This FAO website on insects used for food and feed provides information, news, resources and publications.

LAD was established by the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) to improve the collection and dissemination of agriculture and forestry related information in Laos. It includes research results, surveys, training and extension materials, working papers, as well as policy and strategy reports. The database consists of bibliographic information, abstracts and fulltext files. 

A Reference Linking Platform of Korea Journals in Science and Technology

This book documents a series of 19 case studies where agricultural biotechnologies were used to serve the needs of smallholders in developing countries. 

This article is derived in part from a published review of mitigation options for the livestock sector funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

A photo database containing more than 15,000 photos of identified West African Plants. Photos under creative commons license CC-BY-NC-SA.

South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Programme was established in 2006 with the objective of facilitating and contributing to the development of pro-poor livestock policy and programme implementation, in three selected South Asian countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan and India. The programme is funded by the National Dairy Development Board and FAO.

Mission: 1. Facilitate an increase in productivity, quality and profitability, in an environmentally sustainable manner, at all points along the dairy value chain in Asia. 2. Facilitate the collection and dissemination of high quality information and knowledge relevant to dairy development in Asia. 3. Enhance the recognition of the contribution of small holder dairy farming to household food security and overall socio-economic wellbeing in Asia, and the importance of the contribution of women. 4. Enhance the global visibility of the Asian dairy sector.

This publication presents information on the chemical composition, conservation methods, nutritive value and guidelines for incorporation of fruit and vegetable wastes in animal diets. It also covers aspects related to utilization of such wastes as a substrate for the generation of value-added products. The recycling of these resources will economise on animal feed and also alleviate environmental pollution.