AGROVOC is a relevant Linked Open Data set about agriculture available for public use and facilitates access and visibility of data across domains and languages. It offers a structured collection of agricultural concepts, terms, definitions and relationships which are used to unambiguously identify resources, allowing standardized indexing processes and making searches more efficient.
AGROVOC uses semantic web technologies, linking to other multilingual knowledge organization systems and building bridges between datasets.
Soil security
In water-scarce dry areas, safeguarding soil resources is vital as it enhances agricultural productivity, water retention and nutrient availability. It also prevents desertification and sand storms and reduces GHG emissions as well as biodiversity loss. Improving soil security helps farmers to optimize resource use and mitigate impacts of climate change.
Latest News
FAO Launches Spanish Version of AGROVOC Thesaurus
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched the Spanish version of the AGROVOC Thesaurus, making all terms available to the Spanish-speaking community in their language. This enhancement responds to user needs and promotes using semantic tools, such as AGROVOC, to strengthen linguistic coverage. The AGROVOC Thesaurus now includes more than 41,000 concepts and...
New concepts added to AGROVOC. July 2024
Twenty-six new concepts have been added to the AGROVOC multilingual thesaurus. To consult the list of new or updated labels per language you can visit the FAO CKAN Repository . The AGROVOC Editorial Community thanks those who contributed to this release. New AGROVOC concepts adaptive management aquatic animal foods aquatic foods aquatic value chains biologically sustainable stocks biologically...
July 2024: New release of the AGROVOC Thesaurus
The July 2024 version of the AGROVOC thesaurus has been released. It now contains 41 395 concepts and 1 169 347 terms, in up to 42 languages. AGROVOC thanks all the editors who have contributed to the addition of concepts, terms and other content. Learn more about the AGROVOC editors here .
New AGROVOC Online Course
The AGROVOC Online Course is available on the FAO KnowledgeLab platform. This course is tailored to cater to the needs of both individuals and institutions and is offered entirely free of charge in English. To register, please use this link.
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