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| Countries: | United States of America |
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| Regions: | Columbia River |
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Project SDGs:
Includes Sustainable Development Goals from the project and its locations.
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Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6)
Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4) |
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Conservation Agriculture/Agronomy |
| Services Needed: | No services needed/offered |
| Language: | English |
| Start & End Dates: | Jan. 2015 » Ongoing |
| Project Source: | CDP |
| Profile Completion: | 46% |
Conduct an in-depth review of the Snake River watershed, which supports a key wheat growing region, and shared the detailed analysis with regional stakeholders in fiscal 2015. Now we are moving ahead with collaborative action. We are helping to fund a south-central and eastern Idaho project to quantify the effectiveness of water conservation practices, such as variable-rate irrigation, under different field conditions. Led by TNC, the program began conducting workshops in ...
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