Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)

Administered by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NCRS), the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, established in 2014, provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands and limit non-agricultural uses of the land. Agricultural Land Easements protect the long-term viability of the nation’s food supply by preventing conversion of productive working lands to non-agricultural uses. Land protected by agricultural land easements provides additional public benefits, including environmental quality, historic preservation, wildlife habitat and protection of open space.
Most relevant categories
  1. Approaches to encourage income-generating activities to support farmers’ conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA
Also relevant categories
  1. Financial contributions to support farmers conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA such as contributions to benefit-sharing funds
Institution/organizationGovernment organization
Provision of Art. 9 addressedArt. 9.1
TypesTechnical; Administrative; Legal
CountriesUnited States of America
RegionsNorth America
KeywordsFarmers’ Rights; Food security; Genetic resources
Resource linkhttps://www.fao.org/3/ca8450en/ca8450en.pdf
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