Latest Internet resources added to Intute: Health and Life Sciences agriculture gatewayIntute: Health and Life Sciences presents the 15 most recent Web resources for education and research added to our agriculture gatewaySciDev.Net : Food security- (Found September 17, 2008 ) SciDev is a UK-based non-profit organisation providing authoritative information on scientific and technological issues particularly for the developing world. This section of its agriculture and environment web pages provides news, information and analysis on aspects of food security worldwide. Policy briefs and key scientific documents accessible here include biotechnology applications for food security, national planning and implementation issues, and dryland research.http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080911-083808... Bracken control, vegetation restoration and land management- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Aimed at land management advisers this seven-page, technical advice note is produced by the Rural Development Service, now part of Natural England, but made available on the Web by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Authored by Prof R J Pakeman, Dr M G Le Duc and Prof. R H Marrs it was published in 2005. Topics covered include: factors to consider in bracken management, methods of control (mechanical, chemical and combined methods) and vegetation re-establishment....http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080820-142153... Compost as a surface mulch- (Found September 17, 2008 ) This 74-page document from the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is a series of slides presenting the benefits of using compost as a mulch for soil improvement. It describes compost uses, and gives baseline specifications for compost using BSI-PAS requirements, quality protocols, NVZ rules, value tables for types of organic matter composts, and effects of compost use on soil values.http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20080627-092942... |