Information Resources

Information Resources:

• Databases and links to various resources on soil and soil conservation.
• Access to published studies, reports and other relevant documents.

• EU Scenario study on agriculture and the rural world (scenar 2020), ISBN 978-92-79-05441-9
• Global climate change and agricultural production. Direct and indirect effects of changing hydrological, pedological and plant physiological processes (book, 1996 by FAO, Rome, Italy).
• Strategies, Science and Law for Conservation of the World Soil Resources (International workshop, 2005 Iceland).
• FAO Key Documents on GAP (Good Agriculture practice)
• The European Information System on Agricultural Research for Development (ARD).
• AgroWeb international network (organizations and individuals involved in agricultural and rural development in Central and Eastern Europe CEE).
• USDA National Agricultural Library
• Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)

Best Practices database

• WSIS Follow-up (The World Summit on the Information Society and e-Agriculture) např.:
  • Improving the feasibility focus of researches in the agriculture and food sectors (Bulgaria). Conducting research related to the actual needs of the Bulgarian agriculture and accelerated transfer of scientific knowledge and innovation for stabilization and development of the agricultural production in the country: Maintain and create new varieties, hybrids and crop lines and technologies..
  • National Development Plan 2014-2020 (Latvia). The plan is the main medium-term development planning document, part of the "Latvia 2030" sustainable development strategy.
  • Information system of forest fund (Bulgaria) etc.
• FAO (Good agriculture practices):
  • Good agricultural practices (GAP) guidelines vol 1 a 2, training manual
  • Good Agricultural Practices – a working concept Background paper for the FAO Internal Workshop on Good Agricultural Practices
  • A scheme and training manual on good agricultural practices (GAP) for fruits and vegetables - vol 1
  • Guidelines “Good Agricultural Practices for Family Agriculture”
• NRSC (National Resources Conservation Service) USDA - Energy Conservation
• Good Practices (FAO Case Study Series).

Soil map

• Global Soil Map

• European Soil Data Centre(ESDAC) je evropské tématické centrum pro data související s půdou. Centrum bylo zřízeno na základě rozhodnutí přijatých v rámci Evropské komise DG ENV, DG JRC, ESTAT a Evropské agentury pro životní prostředí. Obsahuje v současné době data a informace o půdě v evropském měřítku. V budoucnu na globální a národní úrovni.

• European Soil Database (ESDB) je hlavním zdrojem informací

• European Digital archive on soil maps of the world (EuDASM)

• A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information Soil Geographic Databases Europe

WRB Map of World Soil Resources (FAO - Land and water development division)