What is AGRIS?
AGRIS (International System for Agricultural Science and Technology) is a global public database providing access to bibliographic information on agricultural science and technology. The database is maintained by CIARD, and its content is provided by participating institutions from all around the globe that form the network of AGRIS centers (find out more here). One of the main objectives of AGRIS is to improve the access and exchange of information serving the information-related needs of developed and developing countries on a partnership basis.
AGRIS contains over 8 million bibliographic references on agricultural research and technology & links to related data resources on the Web, like DBPedia, World Bank, Nature, FAO Fisheries and FAO Country profiles.
More specifically
AGRIS is at the same time:
A collaborative network of more than 150 institutions from 65 countries, maintained by FAO of the UN, promoting free access to agricultural information.
A multilingual bibliographic database for agricultural science, fuelled by the AGRIS network, containing records largely enhanced with AGROVOC, FAO’s multilingual thesaurus covering all areas of interest to FAO, including food, nutrition, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, environment etc.
A mash-up Web application that links the AGRIS knowledge to related Web resources using the Linked Open Data methodology to provide as much information as possible about a topic within the agricultural domain.
Opening up & enriching information on agricultural research
AGRIS’ mission is to improve the accessibility of agricultural information available on the Web by:
- Maintaining and enhancing AGRIS, a bibliographic repository for repositories related to agricultural research.
- Promoting the exchange of common standards and methodologies for bibliographic information.
- Enriching the AGRIS knowledge by linking it to other relevant resources on the Web.
AGRIS is also part of the CIARD initiative, in which CGIAR, GFAR and FAO collaborate in order to create a community for efficient knowledge sharing in agricultural research and development.
AGRIS covers the wide range of subjects related to agriculture, including forestry, animal husbandry, aquatic sciences and fisheries, human nutrition, and extension. Its content includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more. A growing number (around 20%) of bibliographical records have a corresponding full text document on the Web which can easily be retrieved by Google.
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Displaying 1336 - 1340 of 9579Optimization of the use of resources during melioration systems operation
In a course of the research there were described the methodological approaches to optimization of the use of resources allocated for the operation of melioration systems and the use of reclaimed land. As a result of realized research there was estimated theoretical and actual productivity of reclaimed land in Gorki and Kalinkovichi districts of the Republic of Belarus with the proposed economic and mathematical model.
Ecological-economic regularities of land resources management
In a course of the research there were studied ecological and economic regularities of land resources management. The research was realized in the conditions of the Republic of Belarus. As a result of realized research there was revealed that the system of methods of land resources management includes economic, administrative-legal, political, technical-technological, organizational-administrative, and social-psychological aspects.
Program-information complex for optimizing the use of soil resources of a separate agricultural enterprise
Modern technologies of information collection and processing appear the necessary means for the development of agricultural producing in the country. National soil information systems have been created in many countries all over the world. In the conditions of the Republic of Belarus there has been created a program-information complex aimed on concentration and systematization of information concerned to utilization of soil resources in agricultural practice.
Regularities of peat deposit settlement after drainage
Investigation of the process of transformation of the properties of drained peat soil appears a serious scientific problem for the conditions of the Republic of Belarus. The article deals with the research of regularities of peat deposit settlement after drainage. The most important factors, determining the process of peat settlement are outlined. Among them are: the depth of ground water reduction, initial power capacity of peat cover, degree of peat settlement degradation, time factor. The results of investigation over the peat deposit settlement have been presented.
Features of resource potential of the agrarian sector of economy and the direction of its development in the context of globalization
In this article features of potential of agrarian sector of economy in modern conditions are considered. Theoretical and methodological basis of research were the works of domestic and foreign scientists on the investigated problem, dissertation abstracts, National Sustainable Rural Development Program for 2011-2015 and etc. The main components of resource potential are de-fined and the directions promoting its development in the conditions of globalization are allocated.