Web Directory

» Agri Benchmark Project
   Global network of farm economists generating sustainable, quantified information about farming systems, their economics, their framework conditions and perspectives.
   http://www.agribenchmark.org/

» AgriNet - Texas A&M University
   Useful as an entry point in obtaining agricultural data for economic analysis and business modelling.
   http://agrinet.tamu.edu/

» Agricultural Issues Center - UC Davis
   Provides information on the Center, working papers, and discussion of the research agenda.
   http://aic.ucdavis.edu/

» Agricultural Market Information Virtual Library
   Resource guide to agricultural market information: selected sites organized by commodity, region or on market analysis. Provided by Michigan State University.
   http://aec.msu.edu/fs2/market/contents.htm

» Agrigrid
   Project to develop methodological grids for the calculation of agri-environment payments in rural development measures in EU member states. Available in several languages.
   http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/agrigrid/

» Australian Government: Bureau of Rural Sciences
   Contributes to BRS research in addressing natural resource management questions. Project areas, reports, publications, and background on the centre's history, resources, and methodologies.
   http://www.daff.gov.au/brs/social-sciences

» EDIRC - Agricultural Economics Institutes
   Portal for academic departments, research institutes and associations that are focused on agricultural economics topics.
   http://edirc.repec.org/agecon.html

» Economics Department at SWFREC
   Providing cost, price and market information to Florida farm owners and managers.
   http://www.imok.ufl.edu/economics/

» Economics of Forest Protection and Management
   Features online abstracts and full-text publications, presentations, and download datasets addressing forest economics issues of the Southern US and beyond. Produced by the scientists of this research unit of the USDA Forest Service's Southern Research St
   http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/econ/econhome.htm

» Entrepreneurial Skills of Farmers (ESoF)
   This project will examine the economic social and cultural factors hindering or stimulating the development of entrepreneurial skills of farmers.
   http://www.esofarmers.org/

» Evaluating a Rural Enterprise
   This article seeks to provide information to assist a farmer in deciding whether a new enterprise is right for him.
   http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/evalrural.pdf

» Foreign Agricultural Service - USDA
   Offers links to current information on a variety of agricultural issues in multiple countries.
   http://www.fas.usda.gov/

» International Centre for development oriented Research in Agriculture
   ICRA provides professional training in interdisciplinary team research in agriculture.
   http://www.icra-edu.org/

» International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council
   The IPC aims to promote a more open and equitable global food system. It concentrates on agricultural trade negotiations, the consequences of national agricultural and rural development policies on trade liberalization, and food technology and standards.
   http://www.agritrade.org/

» Medium Term Outlook for Dairying in the Developing Countries
   Explains the impact of the change in feed support policies in more developed countries have had on developing countries' level of dairy production. Includes chart that compares the two "worlds" into total output, per capita supplies and net import quantit
   http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t0413e/T0413E01.htm

» Oil World
   Provides analysis of world supply, demand and price outlook for 10 oilseeds, 17 oils and fats, and 12 oilmeals.
   http://www.oil-world.com/

» Regoverning Markets
   A research project that is conducted to discover the impact of the growing numbers of national and multinational food processing and retail outlets as it affects small farms in developing countries. Areas of study include East Africa, Southern Africa, Lat
   http://www.regoverningmarkets.org/

» Southern Rural Development Center
   Land grant research and education for the southern U.S. states and Puerto Rico.
   http://srdc.msstate.edu/

» The WTO in Brief
   This is the entry point for finding out what the World Trade Organization is all about in general, and as it affects agriculture, in particular.
   http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/agric_e.htm

» USDA: Economics, Statistics, and Market Information System
   Gives projections of expected market growth based on current trends of economic development in the less developed countries. Charts compares forecast exports to imports from the years and other financial indicators. Covers details on crops and livestock,
   http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/

» e-Trust
   EU project to provide consumers with high quality food they can both trust and afford. Includes information on activities and partnerships.
   http://www.etrustproject.eu/