Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Material in the CU collection is shelved at 1000 F17. After 1992, most publications are catalogued in Chinook, the online catalog of the University Libraries. Earlier publications can be located using the title file in the Government Publications Library.

• FAO Document Repository has online editions of FAO publications such as the State of Food and Agriculture, State of the World's Forests, and other titles.
• FAO Statistical Databases:
• AQUASTAT provides statistics on water management, focusing on developing countries and countries in transition.
• FAOSTAT contains "over 1 million time-series records from over 210 countries and territories covering statistics on agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry, food aid, land use and population."
• FISHERS "contains the number of people engaged in fishing according to the working time devoted to the occupation, as national annual averages, from 1961 onwards. Starting with data for 1990, the database includes employment in aquaculture and separates inland and marine fisheries, on a gender disaggregated basis."
• FISHSTAT contains statistics on fisheries.
• FORIS "contains statistics on forest and forestry issues on a country by country basis including forest cover, plantations, volume and biomass and fires."
• GLIPHA The Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas provides information relating to animal production and health through a combination of maps, tables and charts.
• The PAAT secretariat combines the forces of FAO, WHO, IAEA, and OAU/IBAR to promote integrated trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) control through coordinated international action. The ultimate goal is to improve food security and sustainable agricultural and rural development.
• TERRASTAT "Land resource potential and constraints statistics at country and regional level. Statistics are based on various small scale maps and inventories that were not always up to date, reliable or both. "
• FAO Publications in Full Text:
  • Food and Nutrition 2.2 A full-text library of FAO publications on various topics.
  • Agricultural Information Modules A full-text library of FAO publications on plant and animal sciences, aquaculture and fisheries, forestry, pollution, rural development, and other topics.
  • FAO on the Internet (1998) A full-text searchable collection of FAO documents from 1998.
  • FAO Document Repository A full-text searchable collection consists of documents published by the FAO as of January 2001.
  • These databases are provided by the New Zealand Digital Library, a site with several important collections of digital materials from intergovernmental and international organizations.
• GeoNetwork allows to users to easily share geographically referenced thematic information between different FAO Units, other UN Agencies, NGO's and other institutions.
• Global Information and Early Warning System Food Outlook, Foodcrops and Shortages, Food supply situation and crop prospects in Sub-saharan Africa, Sahel weather and crop situation, and Special Alerts/Reports
• LexisNexis Statistical CU This database contains many FAO publications in the International and Intergovernmental sources (IIS) collection. CU-Boulder has these titles in paper and/or microfiche, please bring the title and record number to the Government Publications Reference Desk on the third floor.
• World Agricultural Information Centre (WAICENT) provides subject-based guides to resources on approximately 250 agricultural subjects.