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| Welcome to the Wikiversity [[School:Agriculture|School of Agriculture]], part of [[Portal:Practical Arts and Sciences|Practical Arts and Sciences]] and working in close cooperation with the [[School:Plant Sciences|School of Plant Sciences]].
| | This school page is for organizing the development of '''Agriculture''' related content on [[Wikademia]]. |
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| | Please, [[Help:Be bold|feel free to improve]] upon what you see; your contributions will be greatly appreciated. |
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| You are encouraged to add to this school's content!
| | == Learning projects and resources == |
| | Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Please cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource. |
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| == News ==
| | Remember, Wikademia has adopted the "learning by doing" model for education. Lessons should center on learning activities for Wikademia participants. |
| * '''4 October 2006''' - School founded!
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| == Divisions and departments ==
| | Also, select a descriptive name for each learning project. Learning projects can be listed in order by [[Project:Naming conventions]]. |
| Divisions and Departments of the School exist on pages in "topic" namespace. Start the name of departments with the "Topic:" prefix; departments reside in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|Topic: namespace]]. Departments and divisions link to learning materials and learning projects. Divisions can link subdivisions or to departments. For more information on schools, divisions and departments look at the [[Wikiversity:Naming_conventions|Naming Conventions]].
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| * [[Topic:Agricultural Engineering|Agricultural Engineering]]
| | :''See:'' [[Project:Learning model|Wikademia learning model]]. |
| * [[Topic:Agronomy|Agronomy]]
| | :''See:'' [[Portal:Learning projects|Learning projects]] |
| * [[Topic:Agrology|Agrology]]
| | :''See:'' [[Hunter-gatherers project]] |
| * [[Topic:Agricultural economics|Agricultural economics]]
| | :''See:'' [[Learning to learn a wiki way]] |
| * [[Topic:Aquaculture|Aquaculture]]
| | :''See:'' [[Project:Naming conventions]] |
| * [[Topic:Apiculture|Apiculture]]
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| * [[Topic:Botany|Botany]]
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| * [[Topic:Ecological Sustainability|Ecological Sustainability]]
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| * [[Topic:Enology|Enology]]
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| * [[Topic:Forestry|Forestry]]
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| * [[Topic:Horticulture|Horticulture]]
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| * [[Topic:Husbandry|Husbandry]]
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| * [[Topic:Organic Agriculture|Organic Agriculture]]
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| * [[Topic:Pomology|Pomology]]
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| * [[Topic:Sustainable Rural Development|Sustainable Rural Development]]
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| * [[Topic:Silviculture|Silviculture]]
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| * [[Topic:Viticulture|Viticulture]]
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| * [[Topic:Zoology|Zoology]]
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| | * [[Agriculture]] |
| | * [http://wikademia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1&ns4=1&ns100=1&ns102=1&ns104=1&search=Agriculture&fulltext=Advanced+search Search for Agriculture at Wikademia] |
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| == Projects and research == | | == Readings == |
| [[Image:ClosLaPlanaEdit.jpg|250px|right|thumb]]
| | * [[Wikipedia: Agriculture]] |
| * [[Aquaculture Project]] | |
| * [[Vertical farming]]
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| === Research topic brainstorm ===
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| Here is a brainstormed listing of some topics for research.
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| The following links are to Wikipedia articles.
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| * [[w:Permaculture|Permaculture]]
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| * [[w:Keyline design|Keyline design]]
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| * [[w:Community-supported agriculture|Community-supported agriculture]]
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| * [[w:Biodynamic agriculture|Biodynamic agriculture]]
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| * ''please use <nowiki>[[w:Article name|]]</nowiki> for WP articles''
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| ''See also '''[[/Papers]]''' listing for relevant resources from [[free online peer reviewed journals]]''
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| == Active participants ==
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| 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).
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| * --[[User:Juan|Juan]] 16:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC) - pomology
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| * --[[User:CQ|CQ]] 01:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC) - [[Topic:Organic Agriculture|Organic Agriculture]]
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| * --[[User:Dionysios|<b>Dionysios</b>]] [[User_talk:Dionysios|<sup><span style="color: #FF9933;">(talk)</span></sup>]], a Participant in the [[School:Advanced General Studies|<b>Wikiversity School of Advanced General Studies<b/>]], Date: [[w:2007|2007]]-[[w:April 26|04-26]] ([[w:April 26|April 26]], [[w:2007|2007]]) Time: 174101 [[w:UTC|UTC]] -- [[Topic:Ecological Sustainability|<b>Ecological Sustainability<b/>]]
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| === Related Wikipedia Articles ===
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| * [[w:Agriculture|Agriculture]]
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| * [[Wikipedia: Vertical farming]]
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| * [[Wikipedia: Vermicompost]]
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| * [[Wikipedia: Farm equipment]]
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| ===Wikibooks===
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| * [[b:Gardening|Gardening]]
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| * [[b:A_Wikimanual_of_Gardening|A Wikimanual of Gardening]]
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| * [[b:Raising_Cattle|Raising Cattle]]
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| * [[b:Technologies_for_Rural_Development|Technologies for Rural Development]]
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| == External links ==
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| * [http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/453/ Vertical farming]
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| * [http://asap.sustainability.uiuc.edu/ ASAP] Agroecology/Sustainable Agriculture Program at the [[w:University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]
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| * [http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.aspx 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."
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| * [http://www.otherpower.com/ Other power]
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| *[http://www.localharvest.org/newsletter/20060125/seeds.jsp LocalHarvest Seeds] - LocalHarvest.org markets seeds from a dozen or so seed growers through their online catalog.
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| *[http://www.feasta.org/ Feasta.org] - Transition toward sustainable economics
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| *[http://hort-devel-nwrec.hort.oregonstate.edu/vegindex.html OSU:Commercial Vegetable Production Guides]
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| === Related news ===
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| * (2008) [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/acs-ga_1031008.php "'Black gold agriculture' may revolutionize farming, curb global warming"]
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| * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6403085.stm India to boost farming sector.]
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| * June 2008 ''[http://www.physorg.com/news134053097.html Southern farmers realize profits from highbush blueberries]
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This school page is for organizing the development of Agriculture related content on Wikademia.
Please, feel free to improve upon what you see; your contributions will be greatly appreciated.
Learning projects and resources
Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Please cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
Remember, Wikademia has adopted the "learning by doing" model for education. Lessons should center on learning activities for Wikademia participants.
Also, select a descriptive name for each learning project. Learning projects can be listed in order by Project:Naming conventions.
Readings
