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Unit 12: Some Important Information Centers

FAO Documentation – Food and Agricultural Organisation documents starting from 1980 to Notes
2000 are available with complete text from the document repository of AGRIS.

AGRIS Categorisation Schemes
These are categorisation schemes for information in the areas of agriculture, nutrition, forestry and
fisheries. The categorisation schemes available from AGRIS are:
AGRIS/CARIS Subject Categories – A List of 17 AGRIS/CARIS Subject Categories
Countries Codes – A List of Member Country Codes
Language Codes – A List of Language Codes

AGRIS/CARIS Categorisation Scheme
Services in India

India has been actively participating in AGRIS from the very beginning. The participating AGRIS/
CARIS institution from India is the Agricultural Research Information Centre, Indian Council of
Agricultural Research, Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan, Pusa Road New Delhi 110 012. On an average,
3500 bibliographic entries are submitted to AGRIS database as Indian input every year.
The Agricultural Research Information Centre, every month, receives from FAO updated machine-
readable AGRIS outputs. Retrieval is then provided to agricultural scientists requiring information
in the country. A computerised SDI service is also made available to agricultural researchers of
India.

Contact details in India
AGRIS Liaison Officer, National AGRIS Centre, Agricultural Research Information Centre, Indian
Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan, Pusa Road, New Delhi 110 012.

Visit the site of AGRIS or INIS or any site of united nations and collect material of
your interest.

Self Assessment
State whether the following statements are true or false:
7. The full form of AGRIS is Agricultural Resources Information System.
8. The full form of INIS is International Nuclear Information System.
9. INIS is operated by International Automatic Energy Agency.
10. INIS started functioning in the year 1971.
11. AGRIS became fully operational in the year 1975.
12. INIS is operated by IAEA in collaboration with 132 members.

12.5 Summary

• The Agricultural Resources Information System is the Central Sector Scheme for
Strengthening/Promoting Agricultural Information System in the Department of Agriculture
and Cooperation (DAC), Ministry of Agriculture, and Government of India.
• The International Nuclear Information System (INIS) is an information system on the peaceful
uses of nuclear science and technology. INIS is operated by the International Atomic Energy

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