Knowledge discovery for agriculture and NRM

A national integrated online knowledge discovery tool for agriculture and natural resources in Australia has been launched at the Hyatt Hotel, Canberra by ACT Senator Kate Lundy.

Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online (AANRO) is Australia’s first full-text research repository on agriculture and land and water resources. It has been developed through the collaboration of 36 partners across Australia including rural research and development corporations as well as federal, state and territory government agencies with interests in agriculture or natural resources management.

AANRO includes three major linked databases: one on research in progress; a second of researcher profiles; and the third of final research reports, the key to a vast wealth of new knowledge from research projects across the nation.

“AANRO will prove to be a powerful tool for making new knowledge about agriculture and natural resources readily available, both within the research community and to landowners and managers across Australia,” Chairman of the AANRO Management Committee Dr Gerry Maynes said.

“It would not have been possible without the commitment of all our partners, including agencies from the Commonwealth and every state and territory government across Australia, as well as the rural research and development corporations,” he said. “This is a major initiative in making the outputs of publicly funded research readily and freely available to all. It sets a new standard in open access for agriculture and natural resource management research.”

Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online is at www.aanro.net.