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Last updated on 8 November 2004
News :
Link to Current World Fertilizer Trends and Outlook to 2008/09, 2004 (E) and
IFA / FAO Agriculture Conference Rome, Italy. 26 - 28 March 2003 on 4.1 [08/11/04]
Overview
Land resources
Water resources (AQUASTAT)
Plant nutrient resources
Hot spots
Bright spots
Challenges and viewpoints
References / Related internet links
Maps of the world; World geography
Interactive World Maps - nationalgeographic.com / ESRI
World Geography - Infoplease® Atlas: Map Index
Global trend
Global Trends 2015: A Dialogue About the Future With Nongovernment Experts - www.cia.gov
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Global food production and outlook
Global Trends: Food - UN CyberSchoolBus
Food Outlook - FAO GIEWS
Foodcrops and Shortages - FAO GIEWS
Food Insecurity Report (download from FTP) - FAO FIVIMS News Letter
Famine Early Warning Systems Network - www.fews.net/
Agriculture in the global economy
Environment and Agriculture Program - Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Global environment and economic development
Global Trends: Economic Development - UN CyberSchoolBus
Global Environment Outlook 2000 - UNEP GEO team
UNEP.net - Socioeconomic portal - UNEP
GRID Arendal Global - UNDP Arendal
Global Warming Early Warning Signs - www.climatehotmap.org/
Earth Trends: The Environmental Information Portal - World Resources Institute
Global Poverty Report (July 2000) pdf - www.worldbank.org
Global population and related issues
Population en chiffres (in French) - INED
Global Trends: Population - UN CyberSchoolBus
Population - www.populationaction.org
Population - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Population and Gender Issues - www.unfpa.org
The State of the World Population (gender / reproductive health) - www.unfpa.org
WHO Tobacco or Health: A Global Status Report, Country Profiles, 1997 (Demographic data of countries) - www.cdc.gov
IIASA’s Population (POP) Project - www.iiasa.ac.at
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Climate and its relation to agriculture
Climate Resource - FAO-GAEZ (home > Land Resources > Climate Resources >)
Global Trends: Climate and Environment - UN CyberSchoolBus
Agriculture and Global Envirionmental Change - CIESIN
Agriculture Weather and Crops - www.hascommodityinfo.com
CGIAR Annual Report 2000: The Challenge of Climate Change: Poor Farmers at Risk - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Climate Change and Agriculture (pdf) - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Agrometeorological Data - WRI / FAO
Climate Change Internet Resources - www.wri.org
Climate monitoring
Global precipitation monitoring - NOAA Climate Prediction Center
Global Climate Highlights and Anomalies - NOAA Climate Prediction Center
Regional Climate Maps - NOAA Climate Prediction Center
Regional Climate Maps - NOAA Climate Prediction Center
Climate Information System - International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
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2.1 Physiography
2.2 Soils
2.4 Wetlands, mangroves and inland valley bottoms
2.6 Natural hazards
2.7 Land cover
2.8 Land use
2.9 Land use change
2.10 Land Productivity
2.11 Environmental Impact of land uses
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Physiographic characters of the World
Terrain slope - FAO-GAEZ (home > Land Resources >)
ESRI World Thematic Data - ESRI
Introduction to Climate Data: Topography Data: ETOPO5 World Topography and Bathymetery - IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library
USGS EROS Data Center: Land Processes - USGS
Digital Terrain Data - NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
Geology
Geology Center: A database of Geological Websites
Global ecosystem, Global biomes
Global Terrestrial Observation System - FAO GTOS
Global Terrestrial Observation System - FAO GTOS
Global Terrestrial Observation
System - FAO GTOS
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World soil maps, soil distribution, and taxonomy
World Soil Resources Map - FAO AGL (home > Land Resources >)
Key to the FAO Soil Units in the FAO/UNESCO Soil Map of the World (1974) - FAO AGL
World reference base for soil resources - FAO, ISSS, ISRIC
Global Visualisation of the monthly mean Soil Water Index - www.ipf.tuwien.ac.at
Review: World Soil Map (based on USDA key) - Jerry Davis
USDA Key to Soil Taxonomy,1998 (pdf document) - USDA
The World Wide Soil Jumpstation (links) - Fred Moor
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Global agroecological zones
Global Agroecological Zoning (GAEZ) - FAO/IISA
Cultivation of rice
Global Rice Cultivatioin in respect with GAEZ - www.riceweb.org
Agroecology and farming systems
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Wetland, its use, its conservation
World Wetland Distribution - faculty.washington.edu
Wetlands International - www.wetlands.agro.nl
Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin - USGS
Wetland Management and Research: Wetland Mapping and Inventory - United States Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2425
Wetland Links - www.mindspring.com
WetLinks - swamp.ag.ohio-state.edu
Peatland
Peatland Around the World - Irish Peatland Conservation Council
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Dartmouth Flood Observatory - www.dartmouth.edu
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Natural disasters and relief programs
Natural Disasters - Relief Web
Disaster Relief - www.disasterrelief.org
Natural Hazards Data - National Gegraphical Data Center
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Vegetation
Africover - FAO
Forest Resources Assessment - FAO
Global Land Cover Characterization - USGS
Global Distribution of Current Forests - www.unep-wcmc.org
Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps - www.unep-wcmc.org
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Land use
Topics: Land use- www.ers.usda.gov
Modeling Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes - www.iiasa.ac.at
LUCC - Land-Use and Land-Cover Change - www.geo.ucl.ac.be
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Modeling Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes - www.iiasa.ac.at
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Potentials of Land Productivity
Data Sets of selected Global AEZ assessment results - FAO-GAEZ (home > data > datasets)
Actual Land Productivity
FAOSTAT database: Agricultural Production - FAOSTAT
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Information currently not available.
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Hydrography overview
AQUASTAT - FAO AGL
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Freshwater Resources: Water for sustainable food production and rural development - cesimo.ing.ula.ve/GAIA/AG21
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4.1 Plant nutrient use and nutrient balance
4.2 Fertilizer production and costs
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IFA
/ FAO Agriculture Conference Rome, Italy. 26 - 28 March 2003
Plant nutrient use
Fertilizer Indicators Essentials - International Fertilizer Industry Association
Global Fertilizer Statistics - International Fertilizer Industry Association
FAO Global Fertilizer Statistics - FAO/WRI
Current World Fertilizer Trends and Outlook to 2008/09, 2004 (E) - FAO
Nutrient balance
Nutrient Overload: Unbalancing the Global Nitrogen Cycle - World Resources Institute
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Fertilizer production
Database on commercially available organic fertilizers and water-retaining products - FAO-AGL
International Fertilizer Development Center Publications - IFDC
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5.0 Overview: constraints to sustainable agriculture
5.3 Plant nutrition-related constraints
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Constraints on the Expansion of the Global Food Supply - Henery W Kindall and David Pimentel, from Ambio Vol. 23 No. 3, May 1994
The Real WORLD Resources Guide - Campaign for Political Ecology, 1996
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Soil and terrain constraint
Soil and terrain constraint - FAO-GAEZ
Land degradation
Land Degradation - UNEP Arendal
Soil loss threatens World Food Production - Sustainable Development International
SPOT VEGETATION Monitoring natural disasters and 'hot spots' of land cover change with SPOT VEGETATION data to assess regions at risks - www.geo.ucl.ac.be
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Dispute over water
International Water Hot Spots - ITT Industries
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6.0 Overview: society's response to ameliorate the situation
6.1 Land-related response indicators
6.2 Water-related response indicators
6.3 Plant nutrition-related response indicators
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An Assets-Based Approach to the Sustainable Use of Land and Water (text, pdf) / (text, word doc) / (ppt slide) - Professor Jules Pretty, University of Essex, UK, Contribution to "Presentation on Sustainable Use of Land and Water for Food Security", FAO Committee for Food Security, Rome, 1st June 2001
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Information currently not available.
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Information currently not available.
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State of the World Land and Water Resources and their Sustainable Use for Food Security (ppt) - Parviz Koohafkan, FAO AGLL, Rome
The state of food insecurity in the world - www.fao.org
Global resources and productivity: questions and answers - www.ers.usda.gov
Natural Resource Perspectives - Overseas Development Institute, UK
The Agricultural Research and Extension Network Publications - AgREN, Overseas Development Institute, UK
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