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Featured topic: Climate Change
              Agroforestry can help adapt to and mitigate climate change.
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		Agroforestry & USDA Webinar Series
              This webinar series is a unique opportunity to hear from both USDA program specialists and people who have used these programs to support their agroforestry work.
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        Census of Agriculture
              This webpage provides maps, data, and other information from the Census of Agriculture related to agroforestry.
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        Silvopasture in the United States
              This research publication provides insights into silvopasture adoption in the U.S., including reasons for adoption, producer satisfaction, and research needs.
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        Promoting Pollinators with Agroforestry
              A systematic review on how temperate agroforestry systems influence insect pollinators and their pollination services.
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		Windbreaks of the Great Plains
              A story map that visually depicts the history, status, and opportunities with windbreaks in the Great Plains.
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      Accelerating the adoption of agroforestry
        The mission of the **USDA National Agroforestry Center** is to advance the health, diversity, and productivity of working lands, waters, and communities through agroforestry. The Center conducts outreach and provides technical assistance. Read more about the Center...Practices
              Agroforestry systems include many conservation and production practices. These practices take advantage of the interactive benefits from growing together trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.
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              The USDA National Agroforestry Center has developed a wide range of interactive, print and other resources to share information about agroforestry.
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          Topics
              Landowners, producers, agencies and organizations all have a variety of social, environmental and financial goals, concerns and desires. Agroforestry systems are an option that can be designed to achieve multiple goals.
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        Census of Agriculture
              This webpage provides maps, data, and other information from the 2017 Census of Agriculture related to agroforestry.
            Webinar Library
              This resource provides links to archived webinars hosted by NAC partners on agroforestry topics.
            Agroforestry: Enhancing Resiliency in U.S. Agricultural Landscapes Under Changing Conditions
              This report presents the first-ever synthesis on agroforestry as a mechanism to provide mitigation and adaptation services in the face of a changing climate.
            Interactive Practice Standards Map
              Use this interactive map to see if your state offers standards for the following practices: Alley Cropping, Multistory Cropping (Forest Farming), Riparian Forest Buffers, Silvopasture, Windbreak Establishment, and Windbreak Renovation.


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