A Research Framework for U.S. Agriculture, Forestry, and Working Lands
Seven Thematic Areas Form the Backbone of the National Climate Change Roadmap
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1 Systems-based innovations:
Cultivate and advance systems-based innovations and approaches that bridge biophysical and
socioeconomic disciplines to build system resiliency to climate change.
2 Participatory research processes:
Co-create a science continuum that bridges fundamental research to producer knowledge, practice, and experience and incorporates principles of environmental and social justice.
3 Mitigation and adaptation through ecosystem management:
Adapt to and/or mitigate the impacts of climate change across diverse environments and land use
systems via science-based management opportunities.
4 Climate-informed water resource management:
Address earth system interactions and the growing challenges created with increasing agricultural water demand.
5 Energy-smart agriculture and technology integration:
Integrate new energy technologies into diverse production systems to help achieve carbon neutrality.
6 Strategic, sustainable, and regenerative agricultural practices:
Develop and promote practices that improve biodiversity and ecosystem health while strengthening resiliency to climate change.
7 Socioeconomic and policy research:
Develop and evaluate models that assess impacts of markets, consumption patterns, socioeconomic conditions, and food systems on human well-being under a changing climate.
