Implementing the Conservation Security Program

[摘要] This report discusses the Conservation Security Program (CSP), which is a agricultural conservation program created in the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, §2001).It provides incentives for farmers to pursue conservation and helps pay for conservationpractices. Unlike some other NRCS programs, it pays for conservation on land thatremains in production and makes eligible a wide range of farm lands (cropland,pastureland, rangeland, grassland, prairie land, tribal lands, and forested lands incidental to an agricultural operation)

[发布日期] 2004-11-23 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Agriculture;Watersheds;Disaster relief;Agricultural conservation;Water resources