Purpose Agriculture and associated services are central to the rural economy of the United Kingdom. Rural veterinary enterprises are important providers of services to livestock producers, but are now facing concerns over their future economic viability. The objectives of this chapter are to...

This guide is based on earlier practical field applications of approaches contained in a FAO working paper (Taylor et al., 2010). The working paper’s detailed technical section has served as a background resource document for the present guide. The practical approach described in Part Two of...

A series of interviews were performed with organizations with proven experience in identifying, aggregating, parsing, and analyzing large amounts of biologically focused data. The aim of the interviews was to generate an understanding of the best practices for creating and sustaining the...