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Autore |
Stubbs Megan |
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Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) : Status and Issues (R40197) / / Megan Stubbs |
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Washington, D.C. : , : Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, , 2009 |
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Edizione |
[[Library of Congress public edition].] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (12 unnumbered pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Incentives in conservation of natural resources |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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The CRS report home page provides access to all versions published since 2018 in accordance with P.L. 115-141; earliest version dated 2011. |
Report includes illustrations. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Report includes bibliographical references. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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EQIP is the largest agriculture conservation program for working lands.3 The program encourages farmers and ranchers to participate in conservation efforts by paying a portion of the cost of installing or constructing approved conservation practices. [...] EQIP was amended and reauthorized in both the 2002 and 2008 farm bills.4 The U. S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) administers EQIP under a final rule.5 NRCS implemented EQIP by establishing national priorities to reflect the most pressing natural resource needs and emphasize offsite benefits to the environment. [...] The FY2010 appropriations act (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010, P. L. 111-80) limited EQIP to $1.18 billion for FY2010-a reduction of $270 million from the authorized level of $1.45 billion in the 2008 farm bill.11 For FY2011, the Administration has proposed a limit of $1.208 billion-a reduction of $380 million from the [...] As shown in Figure 1, the authorized funding level has continued to increase since the 2002 farm bill; however, annual appropriations acts have reduced the actual funding levels by a total of nearly $1.6 billion from FY2005 through FY2010.19 With the 111th Congress facing |
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