Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Enhancing Ecosystem Services from Agricultural Lands: Management, Quantification, and Developing Decision Support Tools
This program is offered in partnership with the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Proposals must be submitted through EPA.
The program will support research on the ecosystem services in agricultural settings, including both agroecosystems and ecosystems that are impacted by agriculture, with the goal of quantifying these services, identifying risks due to different stressors, and developing strategies to reduce negative environmental impacts while enhancing ecosystem services provided by working lands.
Ecosystem services are the goods and services derived from natural and managed ecosystems upon which human welfare depends. Because of the global intensification of land use, these services are in decline, especially in agricultural ecosystems. Ecosystem services of interest will be related to climate change, water availability, reactive nitrogen, pests, weeds, invasive species, and soil and land degradation.
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Proposals must be submitted through EPA, and in accordance with submission instructions outlined in the RFA
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