BACKGROUND
The Land Stewardship Program
was a three-year program, September 1, 1987, to August 31, 1990, to
provide grants for the adoption of conservation farming practices on
Ontario farmland - practices that would enhance and sustain agricultural
production and improve and protect our soil and water resources. The
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food program provided assistance
that encouraged farmers to adopt practical, cost-effective conservation
farming systems and promoted the development of a long term commitment
towards a stewardship ethic. The intent was to improve soil resources
and water management by reducing soil erosion and compaction, restoring
soil organic matter and tilth, and reduced the potential for
environmental contamination arising from agricultural practices.
The Land Stewardship
Research Program was intended to assist in achieving the goals of the
overall program by adding to the current base of knowledge, by providing
extension staff with recommendations and assisting farmers in the
adoption of conservation practices. Total funds available over the three
year period were $2.25 million.
Note:
The
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food's (OMAF) contribution to
the National Soil Conservation Program
(NSCP) was stewardship practices funded by one year of the Land
Stewardship Program (LSP).
NSCP RESEARCH was funded by
OMAF through a Land Stewardship Research Fund administered by the
Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (ARIO). The Land Stewardship
Research Program (LSP) is intended to assist in achieving the goals of
the overall NSCP by adding to the current base of knowledge and by
assisting extension staff with recommendations and farmers in the
adoption of conservation practices. Total funds available over the three
year period is $2.8 million of which one-third is matching funds for
NSCP i.e. $929,200.
This provincial program was not part of SWEEP.
Created: 7-28-1996
Last Updated:Sunday, May 08, 2011 08:45:46 PM
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