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USDA ANNOUNCES INITIATIVE TO QUANTIFY CLIMATE BENEFITS OF CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
May 26, 2021
Source: USDA news release
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Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced an initiative to quantify the climate benefits of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts. This multi-year effort will enable USDA to better target CRP toward climate outcomes and improve existing models and conservation planning tools while supporting USDA's goal of putting American agriculture and forestry at the center of climate-smart solutions to address climate change.
"CRP is a powerful tool for implementing voluntary, measurable conservation outcomes to mitigate the impacts of climate change," said FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux. "Nearly 21 million acres currently enrolled in the program prevent the equivalent of more than 12 million tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. Further quantifying program benefits will allow us to better target CRP to achieve continued climate wins across environmentally sensitive lands while strengthening our modeling and conservation planning resources for all producers."
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