TECA es una iniciativa de la FAO que ayuda a mejorar el acceso a la información y al conocimiento agrario disponible sobre tecnologías validadas para potenciar su adopción en la agricultura, la ganadería, la pesca, el sector forestal y contribuir así a la seguridad alimentaria, la reducción de la pobreza y el desarrollo sostenible

La base de datos se concentra sólo en equipos y maquinarias para operación manual, animal o motorizada las cuales han sido específicamente desarrolladas para las necesidades de la Agricultura Conservacionista.

Fish capture technology encompasses the process of catching any aquatic animal, using any kind of fishing methods including artisanal fisheries, normally operated from a vessel.

Hortivar es una base de datos de la FAO sobre el comportamiento de cultivos hortícolas en relación a las condiciones agroecológicas, práctica de cultivos, la presencia de plagas y enfermedades y el periodo de producción. Hortivar cubre 6 categorías de cultivos hortofrutícolas: frutas, hortalizas, raíces y tubérculos, ornamentales, hongos comestibles, plantas aromáticas y condimentos.

Su principal objetivo es acelerar el desarrollo de las actividades en el sector post-cosecha de los productos agrícolas, tropicales, y así facilitar el acceso a diversas técnicas así como el intercambio de información.

The Livestock, Environment and Development Initiative (LEAD) targets the protection and enhancement of natural resources which are affected by livestock production and processing and also focuses on poverty reduction and public health enhancement through appropriate forms of livestock development.

Meant to gather, store, organize and disseminate, updated baseline information on the state-of-the-art of crop biotechnology products and techniques, which are in use, or in the pipeline in developing countries.

It is meant to give the users a broad choice of training resources on different biosafety issues, ranging from recombinant DNA laboratory safety, through biosafety and containment issues for GMO research in greenhouses, to the requirements of, or criteria for, assessing GMOs and the effects of introducing a GMO into the environment. Some of the documents detail the development and implementation of biosafety regulations to enable technology transfer.

AGORA currently provides access to 874 journals from the world's leading academic publishers. Led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the goal of AGORA is to increase the quality and effectiveness of agricultural research, education and training in low-income countries, and in turn, to improve food security.

The AGRIS central database accessible from the AGRIS website provides member countries with a mechanism for online publishing. It offers a unique visibility tool for both published and grey literature in agricultural sciences and technology and facilitates centres to publish online that don't have that capacity. This is one of the main activities of the AGRIS network ant it became operational in 1975.

AskFAO is a service driven by user information needs, providing answers to queries related to the FAO's areas of expertise. Working with FAO experts, offices around the world as well as with partner organizations, it provides a mechanism to communicate directly with technical experts in a particular field of interest

The glossary is a revised, augmented version of the "Glossary of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering", published by FAO in 1999. In 2001, the process of revising the Glossary was undertaken to update the definitions of this rapidly evolving field and to enrich the number of terms defined. It now includes about 450 new terms, about 100 old terms have been deleted and it contains a total of 3,196 terms and related definitions. Available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

Esta guía provee acceso a recursos disponibles sobre financiación para los investigadores del sector agrario. Contiene información sobre donantes y patrocinadores a nivel mundial y en ámbitos regionales que ofrecen oportunidades en capacitación, viajes y proyectos.