Sustainable Agriculture for the Great Plains, Symposium Proceedings

Edited By:, Jon D. Hanson, Marvin J. Shaffer, Dan A. Ball and C. Vern Cole

No 348208, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Excerpts from the Preface: The Great Plains Systems Research Unit, Fort Collins, Colorado hosted a symposium entitled "Towards a Sustainable Agriculture for the Great Plains" January 19-20, 1989. Our goals for the symposium were to explore opportunities for joint projects and to develop a network for collaboration among federal and state scientists of the Great Plains. During the symposium, participants: • presented problems and challenges from a regional perspective, • presented conceptual frameworks for describing and analyzing agroecosystems, • described methodologies suitable for regional analyses, • identified and described natural resource data bases, • determined research requirements for development of sustainable agricultural systems for rangelands and croplands, and • discussed both institutional and 'grassroots’ mechanisms for establishing a regional network of scientists.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 278
Date: 1991-06
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.348208

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