Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Community Portal
Welcome – From the Editor
Welcome to the MERLOT Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Portal, an educational resource for teaching and learning. Use this portal to discover online learning materials, MERLOT members, journals, professional organizations, and news in your discipline.
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The Habitable Planet is a multimedia course for high school teachers and adult learners interested in studying environmental science. The Web site provides access to course content and activities developed by leading scientists and researchers in the field.
New Materials
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Environmental Justice Guided Reading Jigsaw
This activity is designed to be part of a group term project that engages students in thinking about how environmental...
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Ecocene Politics
Anchored in the diverse ecological practices of communities in southern Italy and Aotearoa/New Zealand, this book devises...
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The Organic Farmer (TOF) - A magazine for African farmers
The Organic Farmer (TOF) is a magazine with practical information, it is published monthly and is distributed free of...
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Environmental Health
Infonet, a channel of the Biovision Farmer Communication Programme (FCP), provides scientific and practical validated...
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Infonet Biovision
Infonet, a channel of the Biovision Farmer Communication Programme (FCP), provides scientific and practical validated...
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Ecology I: The Earth System
We will cover fundamentals of ecology, considering Earth as an integrated dynamic system. Topics include coevolution of...
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Brave New Planet
In the 21st century, powerful technologies have been appearing at a breathtaking pace—related to the internet, artificial...
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Land, Water, Food, and Climate
This reading seminar examines land, water, food, and climate in a changing world, with an emphasis on key scientific...
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Environmental Justice Law and Policy
This seminar introduces students to basic principles of environmental justice and presents frameworks for analyzing and...
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Water Diplomacy
This course, which examines ways of resolving conflicts over the allocation of water resources, is designed to...
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Natural Resources Biometrics - Milne Open Textbooks
Natural Resources Biometrics begins with a review of descriptive statistics, estimation, and hypothesis testing. The...
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Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2021: Financing a Green and Inclusive Recovery
This report presents economic prospects for developing Asia and the Pacific. It includes analysis of the impacts of...
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Environmental Science - A Canadian Perspective
This textbook is intended to provide an introduction to environmental science and sustainability at Trent. The textbook...
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Food Studies: Matter, Meaning, Movement
Food Studies aims to help readers understand and address numerous issues within food, food culture, and food systems....
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Properties and Behavior of Soil; Online Lab Manual
This OER is funded by the Department of Civil Engineering to facilitate the students of the junior-level lab in soil...
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Agribusiness Management 101
This Open Educational Resource textbook has been adapted from: OpenStax: Principles of Microeconomics 2e // CC BY Chapter...
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Sustainability and Non-Market Enterprise (EME 805)
The primary goal of this course is to provide a toolset for characterizing and strategizing how non-market forces can...
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Orientation to Energy and Sustainability Policy (EMSC 302)
EMSC 302 provides an orientation of the Energy and Sustainability Policy (ESP) degree program, preparing students for...
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Journaling: An Assessment Tool for Student Engagement Experiences
Education reformer John Dewey said it best: "We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience."...
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Internship (EGEE 495)
Are you participating in an internship or supervising someone who is? If so, take a minute to explore this course that...
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Global Energy Enterprise (EME 444)
Have you seen a Clean Coal baseball cap? In the challenge to meet soaring energy demand with limited resources, volatile...
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Foundations in Sustainability Systems (EME 504)
Sustainability denotes one of the main future challenges of societies and the global community. Issues of sustainability...
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Foreign Studies (EGEE 299)
Are you traveling to another country as part of your college career or supervising someone who is? If so, come explore...
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Food and the Future Environment (GEOG 3N)
The Future of Food is an introductory-level science course that emphasizes the challenges facing food systems in the 21st...
New Members
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Adrian TulodCENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY
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Chrysanthi PankouHellenic Agricultural Organization
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Vitaly CaminottoIPSEOA "ELENA CORNARO״- JESOLO (VE)
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Danielle HawleyCREATIVE LEARNING ACADEMY
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Becky TalynCalifornia State University, San Bernardino
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JO-ANNE LYNNE JOY DUQUETarlac Agricultural University
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Shannon KokeschSalinas Union High School District
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Ephraim MurageEdward Waters College
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Keri BakerNova Southeastern University
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Gwenevra NabadHolyoke Community/Technical College
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Christopher PapouchisCalifornia State University, Sacramento
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Willa McGriffDekalb County Schools
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Kristin ClarkVentura College
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Vicki MedlandUniversity of Wisconsin System - Green Bay
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Sheryl GreenhouseNone
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raul PerezNone
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Paramee NoonimPrince of Songkla University
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Chukwan TechakanonPrince of Songkla University
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Karthikeyan VenkatachalamPrince of Songkla University
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LUZ ANGELA ALVAREZ FRANCOUniversidad Nacional de Colombia
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Olalekan OyekunleOak Ridge Military Academy
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Walter ValdezBataan Peninsula State University - Abucay Campus
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Japhet AnunciadoCaraga State University Cabadbaran Campus
Materials by Discipline
- Agriculture and Bio Engineering (55)
- Agriculture Education (78)
- Agriculture, Environment, & Development Economics (128)
- Animal Sciences (98)
- Environment and Natural Resources (262)
- Food science (210)
- Plant Sciences (229)
Professional Organizations
- American Association for Agricultural Education
- American Dairy Science Association
- American Agricultural Economics Association
- American Society of Animal Science
- American Society of Agronomy
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
- National Association of Ag Education
- Crop Science Society of America
- Society of Range Management
- Institute of Food Technologists
- Society of American Foresters
- The Wildlife Society
Agriculture & Environmental Sciences on the Web
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Roads projects risking EU agriculture funds, ADPD warns - MaltaToday
May 22, 2022 12:21 AM PDT
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Shorten shapes up as Labor's agriculture minister | Farm Online | Australia
May 22, 2022 12:11 AM PDT
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Practice at Artemisa emphasizes the use of science in agriculture - East Africa News Post
May 21, 2022 09:09 PM PDT
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Lehkonen scores twice to help Avalanche beat Blues 5-2 | Agriculture | hastingstribune.com
May 21, 2022 09:02 PM PDT
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ACS chairs maiden review meeting of Agriculture department - India Education Diary
May 21, 2022 08:59 PM PDT
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State to spend $26M to fix the aging Wahiawa Dam, acquire Lake Wilson - Hawaii News Now
May 21, 2022 08:32 PM PDT
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Serbian, Hungarian presidents voice food security concerns at int'l agriculture fair
May 21, 2022 08:28 PM PDT
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Conferees settle differences with agriculture omnibus, drought relief bills - Session Daily
May 21, 2022 08:25 PM PDT
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Serbian, Hungarian presidents voice food security concerns at int'l agriculture fair - Xinhua
May 21, 2022 06:14 PM PDT
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Monday`s planting progress will show big jump - Agriculture.com Community
May 21, 2022 06:02 PM PDT
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Woman electrocuted in TN horticulture dept's farm near Coimbatore - Times of India
May 21, 2022 05:55 PM PDT
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Rising temperatures have contributed to a 50 % decline in cotton production in Pakistan - dandc.eu
May 21, 2022 05:27 PM PDT
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Agriculture Secretary to greet 1st Operation Fly Formula shipment - FOX 17
May 21, 2022 04:52 PM PDT
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Additional funds aid efforts of feral hog removal from Arkansas | KTLO
May 21, 2022 04:28 PM PDT
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4 ways climate change is impacting Irish agriculture
May 21, 2022 04:25 PM PDT
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Federal election 2022: What a Labor Government means for agriculture | The Weekly Times
May 21, 2022 04:05 PM PDT
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Financial Commissioner AP&FWD chairs and review meeting of Agriculture department
May 21, 2022 02:41 PM PDT
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Selecting dairy replacements based on heat stress
May 21, 2022 02:22 PM PDT
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New campaign brings awareness to Kentucky farmer's mental health - WYMT
May 21, 2022 02:19 PM PDT
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Republic Bank focusing on investing in sustainable agriculture - Barbados Today
May 21, 2022 02:18 PM PDT
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