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Includes projects, purpose, publications, links, and news.
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/nus/home.htm
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Sustainable Agriculture Cover Crop Database
A database of plants that can be used as cover crops, especially in North America. Includes details
of each species.
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/cgi-bin/CCrop.exe
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Rothamsted Research
Conducts basic, strategic and applied research in biological and related sciences, integrating
these to optimise crop production systems.
http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/iacr/tiacrhome.html
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Catholic Educator's Resource Center: Population
Food is more abundant and cheaper today than ever before in history due to a dramatic improvement
in agricultural productivity that swept the globe in the 1960s.
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/population/pc0025.html
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National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS)
Focused on preserving the genetic diversity of plants by acquiring, preserving, evaluating,
documenting and distributing crop germplasms to research scientists. Includes general information
on NPGS and Germplasm Resources Information Network. Contents include collection information,
repositories, committees, and related resources.
http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/
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Edible Landscape Nursery Catalog
Information about plants (many obscure) that are available from ECHO (Educational Concerns for
Hunger Organization, a Christian non-profit group that is battling world hunger).
http://www.echonet.org/eln&herbs/nurserycatalog.htm
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Badgersett Research Corporation
Research and development of hazelnuts and chestnuts for use as staple crops, sale of seedlings and
nuts. Minnesota.
http://www.badgersett.com/
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The Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops
Nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes the production, processing, development, and
commercialization of industrial crops and products derived from them.
http://www.aaic.org/
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Monsanto India
Provides news and information about agriculture and genetically enhanced seeds in a number of
languages.
http://www.monsantoindia.com/
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Australian New Crops Project
Information about "new" crop developments, from the University of Queensland.
http://www.newcrops.uq.edu.au/
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Lost Crops of the Incas
An online book, presenting little-known plants of the Andes with promise for worldwide cultivation.
http://books.nap.edu/books/030904264X/html/index.html
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Neglected Crops: 1492 From A Different Perspective
Plants of American origin that have been neglected or mostly forgotten since the arrival of
Europeans.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/1492/1492.html
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Famine Foods
A list and description of plants that are not normally considered as crops but are consumed in
times of famine.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/faminefoods/ff_home.html
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The ProBiotech Web Site
An analysis of the development and benefits of biotechnology in agriculture. UK.
http://www.probiotech.fsnet.co.uk
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Agronomy Program
Plans and conducts applied research and extension programs on forages and sugar cane for the
mineral (sandy) and adjacent (organic) soils of Florida's cattle and sugar cane production areas at
the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center of the University of Florida.
http://www.imok.ufl.edu/agro/
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Kentucky American Seeds
Information on soybeans, wheat, grasses, corn, specialty crops, legumes, seed treatments and seed
conditioning.
http://www.kentuckyamerican.com
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PlantFacts - Ohio State University
Searches over 20,000 pages of horticulture and crop science info from over 40 academic and
government institutions departments in the U.S. by keyword and region..
http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/
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Alternative Field Crops Manual
Detailed information on the production of a number of agronomic crops adapted to the upper
Midwestern U.S., from adzuki bean to wild rice.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/index.html
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Advances in New Crops
Proceedings of the First National Symposium of the Center for new crops and plant products of the
Purdue University which focuses on research, development, and economics.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1990/v1-toc.html
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CropReference
Sources of information from Purdue University on promising new crops for food, timber, shade, soil
improvement.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropReference/crop_reference.html
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Center for New Crops and Plant Products
Extensive collection of information from Purdue University on crop diversification.
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/
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