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2005.
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This Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) proposal describes a cooperative program that focuses on providing permanent cover for wildlife while maintaining environmentally friendly wheat fallow farming over a larger area, and adding economic stability to producers within the region. This concept uses multiple federal and state programs to address a variety of resource concerns, while maintaining the agriculturally based viability of the...
15) Growing food in a hotter, drier land: lessons from desert farmers on adapting to climate uncertainty
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Pub. Date
2013
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"How to harvest water and nutrients, select drought-tolerant plants, and create natural diversity Because climatic uncertainty has now become "the new normal," many farmers, gardeners and orchard-keepers in North America are desperately seeking ways to adapt their food production to become more resilient in the face of such "global weirding." This book draws upon the wisdom and technical knowledge from desert farming traditions all around the world...