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RCED-84-48 1 (1983-11-28)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL



Report To The Congress

OF THE UNITED STATES





Agriculture's Soil Conservation Programs Miss

Full Potential In The Fight Against Soil Erosion



Indications are that soil erosion is becoming
more serious and Department of Agriculture
programs are not keeping pace with the
current rate of erosion. Agriculture's con-
servation resources, including financial and
technical assistance, can be used more
effectively in combating soil erosion and its
harmful effects--especially on the nation's
productive lands. These lands must be main-
tained and protected to ensure food for
future generations.

Agriculture has recognized that soil erosion
is its highest conservation priority, but to
achieve maximum long-term effectiveness
in its soil erosion efforts, it must compile
and quantify data on erosion's harmful
effects, prioritize those harmful effects, and
allocate conservation resources accordingly.
Agriculture also should expand, improve,
and move ahead on a number of initiatives
dealing with specific erosion abatement
practices that should help program man-
agers improve conservation resource use at
the local level in the near term.





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