Agriculture

Welcome to the Wikiversity School of Agriculture, part of Practical Arts and Sciences and working in close cooperation with the School of Plant Sciences.

You are encouraged to add to this school's content!

News

• 4 October 2006 - School founded!

Divisions and departments

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• Agricultural Engineering
• Agronomy
• Agrology
• Agricultural economics
• Aquaculture
• Apiculture
• Botany
• Ecological Sustainability
• Enology
• Forestry
• Horticulture
• Husbandry
• Organic Agriculture
• Pomology
• Sustainable Rural Development
• Silviculture
• Viticulture
• Zoology

Projects and research

• Aquaculture Project
• Vertical farming

Research topic brainstorm

Here is a brainstormed listing of some topics for research.

The following links are to Wikipedia articles.

• Permaculture
• Keyline design
• Community-supported agriculture
• Biodynamic agriculture
• please use [[w:Article name|]] for WP articles

See also /Papers listing for relevant resources from free online peer reviewed journals

Active participants

The histories of Wikiversity pages indicate who the active participants are. If you are an active participant in this school, you can list your name here (this can help small schools grow and the participants communicate better; for large schools it is not needed).

• --Juan 16:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC) - pomology
• --CQ 01:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC) - Organic Agriculture
• --Dionysios ^(talk), a Participant in the Wikiversity School of Advanced General Studies, Date: 2007-04-26 (April 26, 2007) Time: 174101 UTC -- Ecological Sustainability

Learning resources

Related Wikipedia Articles Agriculture Wikipedia: Vertical farming Wikipedia: Vermicompost Wikipedia: Farm equipment

Wikibooks Gardening A Wikimanual of Gardening Raising Cattle Technologies for Rural Development

External links

• Vertical farming
• ASAP Agroecology/Sustainable Agriculture Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Millennium Ecosystem Assessment - "...a state-of-the-art scientific appraisal of the condition and trends in the world’s ecosystems and the services they provide, as well as the scientific basis for action to conserve and use them sustainably."
• Other power
• LocalHarvest Seeds - LocalHarvest.org markets seeds from a dozen or so seed growers through their online catalog.
• Feasta.org - Transition toward sustainable economics
• OSU:Commercial Vegetable Production Guides

Related news

• (2008) "'Black gold agriculture' may revolutionize farming, curb global warming"
• India to boost farming sector.
• June 2008 Southern farmers realize profits from highbush blueberries