ERS
and Farm Foundation Announce a Workshop on Land
Use |
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October 16-17,
2007 (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Amber Waves Room
Economic Research Service,
USDA
1800 M Street NW Washington,
DC (Directions)
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Workshop Rationale: Measurements of cropland
and other land uses over time are essential for evaluating
the economic and environmental performance of U.S. agriculture. We
are now at a turning point in terms of the availability
of nationwide data on agricultural and rural land uses
from various new and ongoing initiatives within different
Federal agencies. These initiatives will transform our
ability to track and analyze nationwide land use over
time and, in particular, over space. The workshop has
three objectives: (1) increase awareness about new developments
in the collection of land-use data related to agriculture
and rural land, 2) discuss opportunities and challenges
for land-use modeling drawing on these data, and 3) identify
priorities for future data collection and modeling efforts.
Farm Foundation has posted
the conference presentations on their website.
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