Conservation Reserve Program
type: Concept
broader: organizations (environment and society)
broader: conservation and ecology
definition: The conservation reserve program (crp), run through the office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency, was first established in the Farm Security Act of 1985. This voluntary program aims to promote sustained land and soil conservation efforts by private agricultural land holders by retiring highly erodible or environmentally sensitive farmland from active crop production for a period of 10–15 years. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Conservation Reserve Program]

organizations
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: Conservation Reserve Program

conservation and ecology
type: Concept
narrower: Conservation Reserve Program

organizations (environment and society)
type: Concept
narrower: Conservation Reserve Program