《世界农业经济与农村社会学文摘》[World Agricultural Economics and Rur-al Sociology Abstracts简称、《WAERSA》(1958—)]是国际英联邦农业局下属的农业经济局编辑出版的最重要的检索刊物。它搜集了世界农经和农村社会学领域的1200种期刊信息,年报导量8000余条,每期、每年后均附有著者索引和主题索引。收录的主要内容有:(1)农业经济学的综述和理论方法;(2)与农业经济宏观问题有关的世界各国农业政 The World Agricultural Economics and Rur-al Sociology Abstracts, WAERSA ​​(1958-), is the most important search publication edited and published by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture. It collects 1200 kinds of periodical information in the fields of world rural economics and rural sociology, and has annual reports of over 8,000 articles. Each period and every year are accompanied by author index and thematic index. The main contents include: (1) a review of agricultural economics and theoretical methods; (2) the macroeconomic issues related to agriculture in the world agricultural administration