Geospatial Databases

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators (AREI) Database and Mapping Tool Access to agricultural data using GIS mapping and database retrieval. The only source as of this posting is the Census of Agriculture, but more data sources and enhanced functionality are to be added in the future. Data may be viewed as an interactive map or in tabular form, and may be downloaded in tabular form. (more)	Oct 7, 2003
	International Food Policy Research Institute	IFPRI: Datasets Listing of datasets provided by IFPRI, including geospatial datasets, household- and community-level surveys (some of which contain food consumption and nutrition-related data), and more. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, September 13, 2005	Sep 13, 2005
	Federal Geographic Data Committee	National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Clearinghouse that allows one to simultaneously search multiple data servers for geospatial data on a variety of topics. The result is a listing of data sets that meet the desired specifications, including extensive metadata about the dataset and information on how to access the data. The clearinghouse is searchable by topic (including Agriculture and Farming, Human Health and Disease, Society, Cultural and Demographic Information, and others), geographic area, date, and other fields. (more)	Oct 16, 2003

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