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International Sites


Environmental & Water Resources Sites
Environmental and Energy Study Institute	The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally sustainable societies.
UN Water	UN-Water is responsible for assessing status and trends in freshwater at the global and regional levels.
American Water Resources Association	The American Water Resources Association is a non-profit professional association dedicated to the advancement of men and women in water resources management, research, and education.
International Hydrological Programme	IHP is UNESCO's international scientific cooperative programme in water research, water resources management, education and capacity-building, and the only broadly-based science programme of the UN system in this area.
Water Science and Technology Association (WSTA)	The concept of formation of Water Science and Technology Association (WSTA) was the result of individual efforts of some of those concerned with water affairs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries. The Government of Bahrain consented to register the Association in Bahrain, and the Association was formally founded in September 1987, to be the first scientific association in the field of water science and technology in the Arabian Gulf region.
World Meteorological Organization	WMO provides world leadership in expertise and international co-operation in weather, climate, hydrology and water resources, and related environmental issues, and thereby to contribute to the safety and well being of people throughout the world and to the economic benefit of all nations.
Virtual Library Irrigation & Hydrology	It was established in 1995 as part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library System , providing dedicated and structured information related to the wider area of irrigation and hydrology over many years.
A Knowledge & Information Dissemination System on Water Conservation & Use in Agriculture (WCA infoNET)	WCA infoNET is managed by IPTRID which is an internationally-funded programme aimed at promoting technology and research in irrigation and drainage in and by developing countries.
Ministry of Water Resources & Irrigation - Egypt	The offical web site for Ministry of Water Resources & Irrigation in the Republic of Egypt.
Ministry of Water & Irrigation - Jordan	The offical web site for Ministry of Water Resources & Irrigation in Jordan

Agricultural Sites
United States Department of Agriculture	The Official website for US Department of Agriculture. It contains information and reports about the agriculture in the US and the market status.
National Agriculture Library	The National Agricultural Library (NAL) houses one of the world's largest and most accessible agricultural information collections and serves as the nexus for a national network of state land-grant and U.S. Department of Agriculture field libraries.
Horticultural Sciences Department	Horticultural Sciences Department - University of Florida (USA) website. Its about plant production, plant raising, the plant genetics, plant biology and post-harvest techniques and knowledge of herbs.
Food and Food Safety	The site deals with electronic bulletins management, where more than 10 million educational bulletin issued annually.
The Central lab for Agricultural Expert Systems	The Central lab for Agricultural Expert Systems was established in collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture and Lland Reclamation with the United Nations Development Program and the FAO. This lab aims to develop a competent and intelligent systems for crops which has economic importance to Egypt and the training the workers and farmers, and improving their performance.

Livestock Sites
World Organization for Animal Health	The World Organization for Animal Health website, contains reports on the health of the epidemiological situation in the member countries, data on animal diseases, health specifications, publications and meetings to be held during the year.
World Arabian Horse Organization	The official website of the World Arabian Horse Organization. the goal of the organization is to improve and maintain the arabian breeds in terms of the blood purity and encourage more interest in reproduction of these horses. This site contains the latest news about the Arabic horses and the list of Member countries and the Constitution of the Organization and their activities.
British Small Animal Veterinary Association	The British Small Animal Veterinary Association's website contains a number of publications and documents of diagnosing the disease in domestic animals, and treatment methods and many of the important topics related to veterinarians.
World Veterinary Association	The World Veterinary Association's website contains information on the World Veterinary Day and its events and future activities, and information on the association, and the list of the most relevant sites and the curricula vitae of advisers and employment opportunities and a number of technical articles and the World Congress for veterinarians 2005.
World Health Organization	The World Health Organization's website has an overview of the organization and its member countries and diseases and the organization's publications and issues weekly reports on the epidemic diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases	This website shows the common diseases between human and animals and provides bulletins on the development of these diseases and how it can be spreaded.
Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases	The Food and Agriculture Organization established this system to increase the knowledge about emigrating diseases between countries and how to prevent them.
Food Safety Network	The Food Safety Network (FSN) at Kansas State University provides research, commentary, policy evaluation and public information on food safety issues from farm to the consumer.

The sites that represent institutions and research authorities in the agricultural field
Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics	This website is specializes in agricultural economy Applied Research. This website is done by the University of Minnesota, USA. It includes the topics in agricultural and food and the economics of natural resources and environmental economics, policy and agricultural trade.
Agricultural Rsearch Councilّ	An American website Specialized in agricultural researches. This center aims to use the available agricultural resources in commercial way and manage the natural resources to provide information services and focus on the agricultural competitiveness of the agricultural activities and the quality of life. The Center programs include the sustainability of the resources in rural areas, public services and grain and industrial crops, agriculture and livestock programs.
Agricultural Research Service	This site is specialized in the Agricultural Researches done by the Agriculture Department in the USA. It aims at finding solutions for the American Farm daily problems from the field to the table, protecting crops and livestock from pests and diseases and improve the safety and quality of agricultural products and lower prices for consumers and provide support in the research area for the other federal institutions.
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences	The most important activities of this center is helding researches in the developing countries and experimental researches in Japan and the providing opportunities for the scientists of developing countries to work on their research in Japan by inviting them and collecting, analyzing and disseminating the relevant information of developing countries, and organizing international assemblies and workshops.
International Service for National Agricultural Research	International Service for National Agricultural Research is one of 16 specialist centers in the area of future harvesting supported by international group of Agricultural Research-Sjiar. It is working to contribute the use of knowledge and encourage eligible forth sustainable agricultural development.
Scientific Literature digital Library	One of the most important sites that publish independent researches and studies, and it is considered as one of the most important scientific free electronic libraries.

International Search Engins
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research	The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Its mission is to contribute, through research carried out by encouraging sustainable agricultural development to achieve food security for developing countries.
The International Food Policy Research Institute	The institute aims to overcome the problem of malnutrition and hunger. The website has an overview of the institution and its vision for 2020, editions, publications and databases.
International Rice Research Institute	This web site have an overview of the institution and genetic resources, training and Bank of images, publications and functions and events and a list of workers Center.
World Agroforestry Center	This site contains an overview of the status and the definition of forest, agricultural and forest campaign, research and development and access to farmers, training and education and sources of information.
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development	The Arab Organization for Agricultural Development website contains information on the organization and the areas of work, activities and news releases and modern databases and addresses of the ministries of Agriculture and the Arab Award for scientific creativity in the agricultural field.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	The FAO's website contains information on the majors of the organization and reports on different topics like agriculture, fisheries and forestry, sustainable development, technical cooperation and programs, Budget and Evaluation and the Office of Legal Affairs and lists the country offices of the organization in the world.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora	This website have information about the convention and shows lists of wildlife and plant species to extinction and the list of Member countries.
Wild Life	This site speaks about the wildlife done by the Swiss Organizsyion and works in 90 countries and play an important role in the keeping the wildlife.