
NOTICE: Hard copies of the Australian New Crops Newsletter are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher. Details of availability are included in the
Advice on Publications Available.These addresses give some idea of the vast range of information available on the Internet for those who have not yet found it useful. However, care needs to be exercised, since the accuracy of information on the Internet cannot be guaranteed.
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Listing of agricultural conferences, meetings and seminars for 1997 |
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Purdue New Crops |
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Searching the world wide web (with a botanical flavour) |
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AGRALIN: agricultural information (compiled in the Netherlands) |
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AgDB: agriculture-related information systems, databases and datasets |
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AgriGator: agriculture and related information sites index |
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Agriweb Canada: directory of agriculture and agri-food resources |
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Databases at the National Agricultural Library: |
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FAO database containing size and value of imports and exports of a wide range of agricultural products from most countries in the world from 1961 to 1996; can be interrogated, producing tables or graphs, tables can be downloaded for direct entry to Exc el databases (can take some time to load): |
http://apps.fao.org/lim500/nph-wrap.pl?Trade.CropsLivestock Products& Domain=SUA |
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FAO database containing production data (takes time to load): |
http://apps.fao.org/lim500/nph-wrap.pl?ProductionCrops Primary&Domain=SUA |
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Guide to agricultural resources (compiled by Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service): |
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Plant production resources (compiled in the Netherlands): |
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Plant production resources (compiled in Japan): |
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Plant-related web sites (USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service): |
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Internet directory for botany: |
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Botany and field biology sites (botany proper, related sites): |
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FAO plant genetic resources information: |
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Resource and information centre for edible and other useful plants (Allium spp., alternative foods, oils and waxes for lighting, root crops, Crataegus spp., Hemerocallis spp., edible lawn, edible ornamentals, edible shrubs, fibre p lants, ground cover plants, hedges, milkweed, soap plants, vegetable oils, etc. |
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Plant catalogue (compiled in the Netherlands) |
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Recorded rainforest plant properties and actions |
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Seed lists |
http://www.frognet.net/companion_plants/seeds.html http://www.batnet.com/rwc-seed |
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Herbal information |
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Medicinal herbs |
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Medicinal plants: pictures, books and resources |
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Agricultural marketing statistics, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, USDA |
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Centre for Economic Botany, Kew |
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Missouri Alternatives Center |
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New Uses Council, 312 Sun King Drive, Glenwood Springs CO 81601, USA |
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Heritage Seed Curators' Association, PO Box 1450 Bairnsdale, Victoria 3885 |
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California Rare Fruit Growers |
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Developments in data networking for rural communities: a future of change and challenge (Ian R Crellin) |
http://www.dpie.gov.au/rural/telecentres/publications/data/assembly.html |
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Prehistoric Food Production in the Midcontinental United States: A selected Bibliography (David R. George) |
http://spirit.lib.uconn.edu/ArchNet/Topical/Botan/midcont.htm |
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What is sustainable agriculture? (UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program) |
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Ethnobotanically derived natural products (Trish Flaster) |
http://www.frontierherb.com/fch/seminar_notes/hf.seminar.notes.p20.html |
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Ethnobotany and Paleoethnobotany: a Bibliography (Michael A. Pfeiffer) |
Any claims made by authors in the Australian New Crops Newsletter are presented by the Editors in good faith. Readers would be wise to critically examine the circumstances associated with any claims to determine the applicability of such claims to their specific set of circumstances. This material can be reproduced, with the provision that the source and the author (or editors, if applicable) are acknowledged and the use is for information or educational purposes. Contact with the original author is probably wise since the material may require updating or amendment if used in other publications. Material sourced from the Australian New Crops Newsletter cannot be used out of context or for commercial purposes not related to its original purpose in the newsletter
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