International Agricultural Development Research Guide

"FAOLEX is a comprehensive and up-to-date legislative and policy database, one of the world's largest electronic collection of national laws, regulations and policies on food, agriculture and natural resources management."

This multidisciplinary database is "the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature."

• Over 90 million records of journal articles, conference papers, and more
• Good coverage of all areas of STEM, as well as social sciences, engineering, and business.
• Offers sophisticated tools to track, analyze and visualize research

"This is a repository of agricultural research outputs and results produced by different parts of CGIAR and partners. It indexes reports, articles, press releases, presentations, videos, policy briefs and more."

Provide by FAO, "AGRIS is the International System for Agricultural Science and Technology providing access to bibliographic information on agricultural science and technology ... It offers more than 8,9 million links to information produced by more than 350 data providers (which include research centers, development programs, international and national organizations) from more than 140 countries."

A repository of publications by the World Bank.

"African Journals OnLine (AJOL) is an online service to provide access to African-published research, and increase worldwide knowledge of indigenous scholarship." Many of the journals are open access.

"FAO statistics collates and disseminates food and agricultural statistics globally. The division develops methodologies and standards for data collection, and holds regular meetings and workshops to support member countries develop statistical systems. We produce publications, working papers and statistical yearbooks that cover food security, prices, production and trade and agri-environmental statistics."

This directory by Census Bureau provides links to their counterparts throughout the world.

Provides access to data from UN agencies and partner organizations. "Useful features like Country Profiles, Advanced Search and Glossaries are also provided to aid research. The numerous databases, tables and glossaries containing over 60 million data points cover a wide range of themes including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators."

"his website is a gateway to reliable and open data and analysis on the situation of children and women worldwide."

"World Bank Open Data [provides] free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe."

This project of Columbia University and partners is "pioneering innovative methodologies, products, tools, and systems to improve the way that soils are evaluated, mapped, and monitored, making it one of the most innovative projects in field of soil science today."