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Fred Vocasek ICCA Representative, ASA Science Policy Committee ICCA Representative, ASA Science Policy Committee Karl Anderson Director of Government Relations
The Eras of Agriculture
Efficiency Energy Economics E
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Fred Vocasek ICCA Representative, ASA Science Policy Committee ICCA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Fred Vocasek ICCA Representative, ASA Science Policy Committee ICCA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Fred Vocasek ICCA Representative, ASA Science Policy Committee ICCA Representative, ASA Science Policy Committee Karl Anderson Director of Government Relations The Eras of Agriculture E fficiency E nergy E conomics E E
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E Efficiency – 40’s, 50’s, 60’s
“pushing up the yield curve” mechanization agrichemicals fertilizer hybrids research,
, Extension
surpluses
surpluses
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E Energy – 70’s
“the end of cheap oil” reduced tillage, energy efficiency
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E Economics – 80’s
“double digit interest rates” inflation, recession
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E Environment – 90’s
“nature comes first” EPA ‐ December 2, 1970
consolidated, reorganized agencies Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act ‐ 1972 Safe Drinking Water Act – 1977 Federal Pesticide Act – 1978
C h i E i l R
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (SuperFund) ‐ 1980
CCA program CCA program
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E Empathy – 2000’s
“feelings, connections” definition: understanding and entering into
another’s feelings
- pposite of “indifference”
examples
animal rights efforts urban agriculture, locally grown food “branding” of origin
“ ll i b tif l”
“small is beautiful”
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The E’s of Agriculture
Efficiency
Role of the CCA
V l t th CCA
Energy
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Value to the CCA Value of the CCA
Economics E
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Environment Empathy
“A place at the table”
Empathy
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Water Security for Agriculture
Water security = food security? Complicated topic scale:
field <> watershed/aquifer <> state <> national <>
international international
competitive uses
food/fiber production <> urban <> industrial <> ecosystem food/fiber production <> urban <> industrial <> ecosystem
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Water Security for Agriculture
Position paper: “Greening the Agricultural Water Supply”
Water security is present when all agricultural systems and the
people dependent on them have physical social economic and people dependent on them have physical, social, economic, and political access to adequate, clean, and safe water at all times to meet the physiological demands for high and sustained water productivity ecosystem services and healthy life of people and productivity, ecosystem services, and healthy life of people and biota.
information, education, decision‐making agencies, legislators, general public
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Water Security for Agriculture
Symposium: Green Dreams, Blue Waves, and Shades of Gray:
The Reality of Water
American Assn. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Assn. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
multi‐disciplinary presenters
geohydrologist agronomist hydrologist (water reuse) ag economist crop consultant law professor
ASA budget: $15 000 ASA budget: $15,000
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CCA involvement
Objective: “Having a place at the table.”
What tools are needed?
Action alerts? Hearings, testimony?
example: Rick Greene, House Small Business
National level?
St t i i l l l?
State, provincial level? Local level?
watersheds conservation districts watersheds, conservation districts, ...
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“Vertical integration of knowledge”
Practitioners Scientists, Researchers ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Practitioners
(CCA, CPAg, consultant) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
apply the knowledge develop the knowledge apply the knowledge Educators
(collegiate, private, Extension)
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ communicate the knowledge