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Economic Partnerships
Updated
10/09/2007
Partners that work with NRCS Economics
- Texas A&M Blackland Research and Extension Center
- USDA/ARS Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory
- Agricultural Research Service - As
the in-house research arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the
Agricultural Research Service has a mission to conduct research to develop
and transfer solutions to agricultural problems of high national priority
and provide information access and dissemination to ensure high-quality,
safe food, and other agricultural products, assess the nutritional needs of
Americans, sustain a competitive agricultural economy, enhance the natural
resource base and the environment, and provide economic opportunities for
rural citizens, communities, and society as a whole.
- American Agricultural Economic Association
(AAEA) -
NRCS
hosts the AAEA Commodity Costs and Returns Estimation Handbook on the
Cost and Returns Estimation
Website. NRCS representation on
the AAEA Economics,
Statistics and Information Resources Committee since 1996. USDA/NRCS
has exhibited at annual AAEA meetings since
1996. 2005 NRCS Report
- American Farmland Trust, Farmland
Information Library - In 1993, USDA's Soil Conservation Service (now
NRCS) designated American Farmland Trust as a FIC (Farmland Information
Center) under the Farmland Protection Policy Act.
- American Society of Farm Managers and
Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA).
NRCS
has coordinated the USDA exhibit
at each ASFMRA meeting since 1996, and has representation on the ASFMRA
National Technology Committee.
- Conservation Technology Information
Center (CTIC) - This site features two interrelated major components:
the Farm Resources Management section includes conservation tillage survey
figures, numerous types of agricultural BMPs, etc.; the Know Your Watershed
section features the National Watershed Network, the National Watershed
Library, State Contacts, and more. NRCS
used CTIC databases with the NRI in many
analyses.
- Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service - In cooperation with our partners and customers,
CSREES provides the focus to advance a global system of research, extension
and higher education in the food and agricultural sciences and related
environmental and human sciences to benefit people, communities, and the
Nation. The CSREES mission emphasizes partnerships with the public and
private sectors to maximize the effectiveness of limited resources. CSREES
programs increase and provide access to scientific knowledge; strengthen the
capabilities of land-grant and other institutions in research, extension and
higher education; increase access to and use of improved communication and
network systems; and promote informed decision-making by producers, families,
communities, and other customers.
- Farm*A*Syst/Home*A*Syst - A
NRCS sponsored program aimed at preventing pollution on farms, ranches, and
in the home. Links to Farm*A*Syst/Home*A*Syst
are maintained at NRCS
Economics &
Analysis Site.
- The Farm Service Agency of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture ensures the well-being of American agriculture,
the environment and the American public through efficient and equitable
administration of farm commodity programs; farm ownership, operating and
emergency loans; conservation and environmental programs; emergency and
disaster assistance; domestic and international food assistance and
international export credit programs.
- National
Organization of Professional Hispanic NRCS Employees - The Organization
assists NRCS in the delivery of program benefits and services to the
Hispanic rural/urban community by strengthening NRCS efforts in the
recruitment, retention, development and advancement of Hispanics.
NRCS Economists developed and maintains the
Hispanics In
Agriculture website.
- National Agricultural Statistics
Service, (NASS) - provides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in
service to U. S. agriculture. NRCS
and NASS cooperate on many surveys
and analyses, and jointly sponsor the USDA exhibit at the annual ASFMRA
meetings.
- Society for
Range Management - A professional scientific society and conservation
organization concerned with studying, conserving, managing and sustaining
the varied resources of rangelands, which comprise nearly half the land in
the world.
- Rural
Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) - The mission of
RBS is "to
enhance the quality of life for all rural Americans by providing leadership
in building competitive businesses and sustainable cooperatives that can
prosper in the global marketplace."
RBS accomplishes this mission by
investing its financial resources and technical assistance in businesses and
communities, and by building partnerships that leverage public and private,
cooperative resources to create jobs and stimulate rural economic activity.
- USDA's Rural Development (RD) is
committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural
America. Through our programs, we touch rural America in many ways. Our
financial programs support such essential public facilities and services as
water and sewer systems, housing, health clinics, emergency service
facilities and electric and telephone service. We promote economic
development by supporting loans to businesses through banks and
community-managed lending pools. We offer technical assistance and
information to help agricultural and other cooperatives get started and
improve the effectiveness of their member services. And we provide technical
assistance to help communities undertake community empowerment
programs. NRCS Economists assisted RD in developing their first
Census/Demographic data warehouse.
- Sustainable Agriculture Network -
SAN
is the communications and outreach arm of the Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education (SARE) program.
SARE is a U.S. Department of
Agriculture-funded initiative that sponsors competitive grants for
sustainable agriculture research and education in a regional process
nationwide.
- Soil and Water Conservation Society -
SWCS is a professional organization dedicated to soil and water
conservation. NRCS Economist staff regularly present studies at the chapter and
annual SWCS meetings.
- The Society of American Foresters
mission is to advance the science, education, technology and practice of
forestry; and to use the knowledge, skills and conservation ethic of the
profession to ensure the continued health of forests and the availability of
forest resources to benefit society. Our members include public and private
practitioners, researchers, administrators, educators, forest technicians
and students.
- USDA National Agro forestry Center
- NAC had its origins in the 1990 Farm Bill. It began as a Forest Service
effort in 1992 and expanded into a partnership with the Natural Resources
Conservation Service in 1995. NAC conducts research on how to design and
install forested buffers to protect water quality and develops and delivers
technology on a broad suite of agro forestry practices to natural resource
professionals who directly assist landowners and communities. NRCS Economists
provides assistance in developing the
NAC Economic Tools.
- Urban Greening has a
primary focus on the living part of the urban environment, — gardens,
parks, urban forests, and urban waters (watersheds, rivers, creeks, lakes,
ponds, wetlands, deltas, beaches, harbors, ports, and bays). It includes
EcoIQ Magazine on Urban Greening, more than 100 Link Center and Directory
pages linking to online urban greening resources, a calendar, anthologies,
related educational and media resources, and more.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Department of the Interior - Working with others, to conserve, protect, and
enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of
the American people. Major responsibilities: migratory birds,
endangered species, freshwater and anadromous fish, the National Wildlife
Refuge System, wetlands, protecting habitat, conserving coastal areas,
environmental contaminants.
- Wildlife Habitat Council works to
increase the amount of quality wildlife habitat on corporate, private, and
public lands.
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