Providing Environmental Services from Agriculture

A conference on providing environmental payments to farmers, ranchers and other rural landowners

Date

April 17, 2012 to April 18, 2012

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Event Details

The economic nuts and bolts of providing environmental payments to farmers, ranchers and other rural landowners were the subject of a conference to be April 17 and 18, 2012, at Resources for the Future, 1616 P St. NW, Washington, DC. The conference was organized by USDA Economic Research Service, in collaboration with Farm Foundation, NFP and Resources for the Future.

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