Agriculture and Food Research Initiative -Sustainable Agroecosystems Science
Long-Term Agroecosystem Program: Proof of Concept
With 50 percent of the land in the US categorized as agricultural, and an anticipated doubling of the agricultural yield by 2050 needed to support a growing human population, working lands will be under increasing pressure to produce fuel, fiber, and food. To meet this demand, agronomic systems may become increasingly dependent on inputs of fertilizer, water and pesticides. Such intensification of farming and the consequences to long-term ecological and economic sustainability are largely unknown. There is an urgent and pressing need to develop multidisciplinary research, education and extension programs that work continuously to link ecological, production and social processes in the long-term examination of agroecosystem dynamics. A program that holistically connects land management practices, human behavior and biogeochemistry should continually improve best management practices that are relevant, feasible and that are ecologically, economically and culturally sustainable. This program makes single function research awards.
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This is a non-integrated program. Please refer to Part III, A of the current Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Request for Applications for the complete eligibility requirements.
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