*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE* *for sustainable production intensification and land management* For our subscribers from the USA. *Amir Kassam * *Moderator* e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service < [log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 4:35 PM Subject: USDA Announces More than $22 Million in Conservation Innovation To: [log in to unmask] [image: National Banner] USDA Announces More than $22 Million in Conservation Innovation <http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwNjA4Ljc0MzQyMzcxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDYwOC43NDM0MjM3MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NDIyMDc0JmVtYWlsaWQ9YW1pcmthc3NhbTc4NkBnb29nbGVtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9YW1pcmthc3NhbTc4NkBnb29nbGVtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/newsroom/releases/?cid=NRCSEPRD1332211> ------------------------------ [image: NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants] <http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTcwNjA4Ljc0MzQyMzcxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE3MDYwOC43NDM0MjM3MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NDIyMDc0JmVtYWlsaWQ9YW1pcmthc3NhbTc4NkBnb29nbGVtYWlsLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9YW1pcmthc3NhbTc4NkBnb29nbGVtYWlsLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&101&&&https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/newsroom/releases/?cid=NRCSEPRD1332211> ------------------------------ The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) today announced that the agency will award more than $22.6 million to drive public and private sector innovation in resource conservation. 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