. Agri-news. Agriculture. a n 3 GO GO GO GO GO GOO CANAMANA ocr 22 m April 21,1997 CAESA built on conservation partners The five-year Canada/Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture (CAESA) Agreement can be summed up in a single word - partnerships. "CAESA built on the relationships established in previous agreements between three levels of government, farmers and industry to work together to find solutions to resource conservation problems, says Carol Bettac of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development's conservation and development branch. CAESA was the fourth in a series o
. Agri-news. Agriculture. a n 3 GO GO GO GO GO GOO CANAMANA ocr 22 m April 21,1997 CAESA built on conservation partners The five-year Canada/Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture (CAESA) Agreement can be summed up in a single word - partnerships. "CAESA built on the relationships established in previous agreements between three levels of government, farmers and industry to work together to find solutions to resource conservation problems, says Carol Bettac of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development's conservation and development branch. CAESA was the fourth in a series of federal/provincial agreements that addressed soil conservation and environmental issues. Federal support was provided through the national Green Plan. Some $35 million in funding supported five program components - farm-based, research, resource monitoring, processing-based and public awareness. "The largest element was the farm-based program and it certainly reinforced what can be done by working ; notes Bettac. In partnership with 6" municipal agricultural service boards, 51 agricultural organizations and four aboriginal organizations, over 650 projects were carried out during 1995-% alone. The projects included soil conservation, water quality, pollution and waste management, and wildlife habitat. "An important part of this was the technology transfer through demonstrations, tours, field days, meetings and ; says Bettac. "The agricultural service boards and other organizations did excellent work in designing and delivering programs at the local ; One of the largest partnership effort was the Alberta Reduced Tillage Initiative ( ARTI). CAESA funding helped the ART] partners provide practical reduced tillage information to fanners through meetings, workshops and demonstrations. About people attended the events between December 1994 and August 1996. Another partnership effort supported by CAKSA is the Parkland
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