FAOStat Online and multilingual databases currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international agricultural statistics. http://apps.fao.org/

National Agricultural Library (NAL) One of four National Libraries in the US, offers search facilities and gateways to agricultural information. http://www.nalusda.gov/

Southwest Biotechnology and Informatics Center Established to provide a single-point access to a vast store of widely distributed biotechnology data. Information resources for agricultural, pharmaceutical, and other fields of biotechnology. http://www.swbic.org

World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) Information management and dissemination on desertification, gender and sustainable development, food standards, animal genetic resources, post-harvest operations, agro-biodiversity and food systems in urban centres. http://www.fao.org/waicent/

System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources SINGER, the CGIAR system-wide information network for genetic resources of crop, forage and tree germplasm. http://singer.cgiar.org/

Plants for a Future A resource and information centre with detailed information on a large range of edible and other useful plants. Most are from temperate regions. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/index.html

CSU Seed Database Crop, common weed, and noxious weed seed database displaying seed photos and seed identification characteristics. http://www.geocities.com/seedimages

FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System The system integrates country-based information from FAO's thematic and statistical databases. Provides country profiles on the state of food, nutrition and agriculture. http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles

Agricola Bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators. http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/

Tripod Data Systems Provides handheld computers made for extreme outdoor and industrial environments conditions. Also produces land surveying, construction, and precision agriculture GIS software packages. http://www.tdsway.com/