Resources

A collection of digital publications by CIAT. Includes books on forages, legume seeds, rice and cassava.

Database of on-line FAO publications and reports

The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. It aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content.

Pakistan Research Repository is digital archive of all PhD theses produced indigenously to promote the intellectual output of Pakistani institutions. It provides a free, single-entry access point to view the manuscript of research executed.

Database of on-line publications of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources in Hawaii

This manual provides updated comprehensive information and practical guidelines to assist producers and all stakeholders along the production and distribution chain to comply with the regulatory framework, which have or will come into force in response to the Codex Alimentarius Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding.

FreeFullPDF is a search engine that indexes millions of free full-text scientific articles in PDF format. It includes journal articles, theses, patents and posters.

This publication collates, discusses and summarizes state-of-the-art knowledge on the use as livestock feed and future availability of co-products from the biofuel industry. The levels at which the co-products could be safely used in livestock diets are also presented. Gaps in knowledge and research topics needed to address them have been identified. These include standardization of product quality to assist ration formulation; testing of new products; development of detoxification procedures; research on micro-algae; and life cycle analysis linked to traditional nutritional appraisal.

This book documents the technologies, manufacturing procedures, capabilities, research, and infrastructure that make the rendering industry important to the United States and Canada.

A review of information on possibilities of using harvest residues and olive oil industry by-products in animal feeding.

Reference that includes plant images, pictures of affected animals and presentations concerning the botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants and other natural flora (fungi, etc.).

Vegetox contains 160 monographs of plants toxic for farm animals or pets, and a image database of 600 photos.

Database of invasive and exotic species of North America. Concerns any species, including its seeds, eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating that species, that is not native to that ecosystem; and whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.

The Pasture Selection Tool is a comprehensive guide to Australian pasture species and tool for selecting pasture species suitable for local Australian conditions.

PROTA is an international, not-for-profit foundation. It intends to synthesize the dispersed information on the approximately 7,000 useful plants of Tropical Africa and to provide wide access to the information through Web databases, Books, CD-Roms and Special Products.

Database of wildland shrubs species found in the USA.

FEIS (USDA) summarizes and synthesizes research about living organisms in the United States — their biology, ecology, and relationship to fire.

This website covers grass species found in North America north of Mexico. In addition to native species and established introductions, it includes many cultivated species, some introductions that failed to become established, and a few weedy species 

FeedBase.com presents technical and economical information on feeds.

Images of plants found in Hawaii, by Forest & Kim Starr. Part of the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) project.

GRIN Taxonomy for Plants (USDA) includes all families and genera of vascular plants. More than 50,000 species from throughout the world are represented, especially economic plants and their relatives. Information on scientific and common names, classification, distribution, references, and economic impacts are provided.

The Grassland Index (FAO) contains detailed descriptions of more than 600 grassland species and a linked picture gallery of photos.

This publication discusses hay, hay crops and crop residues in a wide range of situations, as essential components of fodder management in livestock production, and draws on examples from many parts of the world.

This book provides an overview of a range of grassland systems worldwide, and in a final chapter briefly assesses the state of the grasslands, their management, various grassland resources, the complementary roles of sown pastures, fodder crops and natural grasslands and concludes by looking at various social, economic and environmental factors.