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Agriculture: The science and technology of growing living things (plants and animals) for human consumption or use as pets, ornament, food, fiber, or construction material.

• Agriculture 21 - Food and Agriculture Organization's agriculture website. Includes a news magazine plus guides and links to information on livestock, biotechnology, land/water development, crop production, plant protection, agricultural support systems.
• Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, NAS/NRC - Part of U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. Topics on site include animal nutrition, pesticides, and federal funding of agricultural research.
• Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - CGIAR's mission is to contribute to food security and poverty eradication in developing countries through research, partnership, capacity building, and policy support, and promoting sustainable agricultural development based on the environmentally sound management of natural resources
• FAOStat - Online and multilingual databases currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international agricultural statistics.
• National Agricultural Library (NAL) - One of four National Libraries in the US, offers search facilities and gateways to agricultural information.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Homepage - Agricultural and related information.
• World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) - Information management and dissemination on desertification, gender and sustainable development, food standards, animal genetic resources, post-harvest operations, agro-biodiversity and food systems in urban centres.