AGROVOC is a relevant Linked Open Data set about agriculture available for public use and facilitates access and visibility of data across domains and languages. It offers a structured collection of agricultural concepts, terms, definitions and relationships which are used to unambiguously identify resources, allowing standardized indexing processes and making searches more efficient.
AGROVOC uses semantic web technologies, linking to other multilingual knowledge organization systems and building bridges between datasets.
Climate variability
In agriculture, understanding climate variability is crucial as it directly influences growing conditions for crops. Farmers rely on predictable weather patterns to plan planting and harvesting schedules. However, increased climate variability can lead to more unpredictable and extreme weather events, impacting crop yields and making agricultural planning and management more...
Latest News
New concepts added to AGROVOC. May 2024
Forty-four new concepts have been added to the AGROVOC multilingual thesaurus which now contains 41 339 concepts. To consult the list of new or updated labels per language you can visit the FAO CKAN Repository . The AGROVOC Editorial Community thanks those who contributed to this release. New AGROVOC concepts biological invasions aquifer-fed water bodies perfluoroalkyl acids pronephros earthen...
May 2024: New release of the AGROVOC Thesaurus
The May 2024 version of the AGROVOC thesaurus has been released. It now contains 41 339 concepts and 1 151 308 terms, in up to 42 languages. AGROVOC thanks all the editors who have contributed to the addition of concepts, terms and other content. Learn more about the AGROVOC editors here .
Introducing AGROVOC: Workshop Held at the Institute for Literature and Linguistic in Cuba
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held an interesting capacity-building initiative about its multilingual thesaurus AGROVOC at the Institute for Literature and Linguistic (ILL) of the Social and Humanistic Sciences Agency (AXIS) of the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) in Cuba. The Linguistics Department of the Institute has vast experience in developing language and...
New AGROVOC Online Course
The AGROVOC Online Course is available on the FAO KnowledgeLab platform. This course is tailored to cater to the needs of both individuals and institutions and is offered entirely free of charge in English. To register, please use this link.
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