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Agriculture and Environmental Resources:
UC Leadership and Stewardship
The University of California plays a historic and
vital role in improving agricultural productivity and protecting
the world’s natural resources.
Today, California is the world’s most productive farming region
– thanks to UC researchers who discovered how to remove alkali
salts from the Central Valley soil. Since the 1940s, UC scientists
have continued to develop dozens of varieties of strawberries, tomatoes,
asparagus, avocados, citrus and other crops. For much of the past
century, UC researchers helped make California wines among the best
in the world by pioneering new grape varieties and new winemaking
techniques.
UC discoveries in crop management, pest control, and agricultural
machinery have helped farmers everywhere to feed the world.
UC’s Cooperative
Extension has farm, nutrition, family and consumer sciences
advisors based in more than 50 county offices, reaching millions
of farmers, businesses and residents every year. And 100,000 young
Californians participate in 4-H
programs.
Through its Natural
Reserve System, UC also manages more than 130,000 acres of protected
natural habitat in California for research, teaching and outreach
activities.
Division of Agriculture
and Natural Resources
Cooperative
Extension
Natural Reserve System
(Map
of Reserves)
Environmental Research at UC’s
National Laboratories
UC's Contributions to California's
Agricultural Economy
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the Experts about Agriculture, Natural Resources
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
The rugged and scenic Granite Mountains in San Bernardino County
are located at the convergence of three North American deserts —
Mojave, Sonoran and Great Basin. UC's 8,900-acre Granite
Mountains Desert Research Center lies in the newly established
Mojave National Preserve. Visit
other UC natural reserves.
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