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- Crop Production
  - Conservation Tillage
    - Contour Farming
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    - Strip Tillage
    - Stubble Mulching
    - Terraces
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  - Crop Improvement and Selection
    - Grafting
    - Plant Breeding and Genetics
    - Seed Saving
    - Varieties and Cultivars
  - Cropping Systems
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  - Food Processing
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    - Food Product Quality/Safety
    - Postharvest Treatment
  - Forestry
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      - Silvopasture
      - Windbreaks
  - Nutrient Management
    - Application Rate Management
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    - Fertilizers
    - Foliar Feeding
    - Municipal Wastes
    - Nutrient Cycling
    - Organic Fertilizers
    - Tissue Analysis
  - Pollination
    - Beekeeping
    - Pollinator Habitat
    - Pollinator Health
  - Season Extension
    - Greenhouses
    - High Tunnels or Hoop Houses
    - Low Tunnels
    - Nurseries
    - Row Covers (for Season Extension)
    - Shade Cloth
    - Winter Storage
  - Water Management
    - Drainage Systems
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- Energy
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    - Anaerobic Digestion
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    - Energy Use
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- Farm Business Management
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    - Grantmaking
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  - Biodiversity
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    - Habitat enhancement
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  - Carbon Sequestration
  - Drift/Runoff Buffers
  - Hedgerows
    - Grass Hedges
    - Strip Cropping
    - Woody Hedges
  - Indicators
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    - Grass Waterways
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  - Soil Erosion/Stabilization
  - Wetlands
- Pest Management
  - Biological Control
  - Chemical Control
    - Biorational Pesticides
    - Botanical Pesticides
    - Compost Extracts
    - Precision Herbicide Use
    - Trap Crops
  - Cultural Control
    - Allelopathy
    - Biofumigation
    - Competition
    - Genetic Resistance
    - Mating Disruption
    - Smother Crops
  - Disease Vectors
  - Eradication
  - Integrated Pest Management
    - Economic Threshold
    - Field Monitoring/Scouting
    - Weather Monitoring
  - Mulches
    - Killed Mulches
    - Living Mulches
    - Plastic Mulching
    - Vegetative Mulching
  - Physical Control
    - Cultivation
    - Flame
    - Row Covers (for Pests)
    - Soil Solarization
    - Traps
    - Weeder Geese/Poultry
  - Prevention
    - Sanitation
    - Weed Ecology
- Production Systems
  - Agroecosystems
  - Aquaponics
  - Dryland Farming
  - Holistic Management
  - Hydroponics
  - Integrated Crop and Livestock Systems
  - Organic Agriculture
    - Organic Certification
    - Transitioning to Organic
  - Permaculture
- Soil Management
  - Composting
  - Earthworms
  - Soil Analysis
  - Soil Chemistry
    - Nutrient Mineralization
  - Soil Microbiology
  - Soil Physics
  - Soil Quality/Health
    - Green Manures
    - Organic Matter
  - Toxic Status Mitigation
- Sustainable Communities
  - Community Development
    - Community Planning
    - Ethnic Differences/Cultural and Demographic Change
    - Infrastructure Analysis
    - Leadership Development
    - New Business Opportunities
    - Partnerships
    - Public Participation
    - Public Policy
    - Urban Agriculture
    - Urban/Rural Integration
  - Food Access and Security
  - Food Loss and Waste Recovery/Reduction
  - Food Sovereignty
  - Local and Regional Food Systems
    - Food Hubs
    - Values-Based Supply Chains
  - Quality of Life
    - Analysis of Personal/Family Life
    - Community Services
    - Employment Opportunities
    - Social Capital
    - Social Networks
    - Social Psychological Indicators
    - Sustainability Measures

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