Issue 8

The National Agroforestry Center

The National Agroforestry Center (NAC) had its origins in the 1990 Farm Bill, and was set up in 1992 in Lincoln, NE, as a Forest Service Research & Development and State & Private Forestry technology transfer effort. In 1995, the effort expanded into a formal partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). NAC became an SRS program in 2005.

NAC develops and delivers technology on a broad suite of agroforestry practices and associated technologies. The primary audience is the more than 8,000 natural resource professionals who work with farmers, ranchers, and communities throughout the Nation.

This unique partnership enables a technology transfer staff composed of State & Private Forestry and NRCS employees to work directly with SRS and other researchers to identify natural resource management issues and potential solutions. This close association also speeds up the process of delivering new science to the field in the form of how-to publications, tools, and information for the general public.

For more information: www.unl.edu/nac/

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