February 24, 2003
Drought Mitigation Workshops Scheduled at Five Sites in Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska will conduct five workshops titled "Drought Risks and Mitigation on the Agricultural Landscape."
The workshops, funded by a $95,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, will include a discussion of patterns, trends and geography of natural hazards in agriculture; how to reduce drought risk; crop insurance basics; new tools for forecasting drought and documenting crop losses; mitigating drought risk through changing cropping practices; strategies for multi-year droughts; and more.
The curriculum for the free workshops will be based in part on information gleaned from selected producers at a series of listening forums conducted earlier this year, said Don Wilhite, director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln-based National Drought Mitigation Center.
Workshops can be attended in person, or viewed at extension offices via satellite.
The workshop schedule:
– Feb. 27, 9 a.m. to noon (Neb*sat Channel 107) and 1-4 p.m. (Neb*sat Channel 102), Jackson Hall, Southeast Community College, Beatrice.
– March 4, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Neb*sat Channel 107), Student Center, Chadron State College.
– March 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Neb*sat Channel 107), Communications Center, University of Nebraska-Kearney.
– March 13, 9 a.m. to noon (Neb*sat Channel 107) and 1-4 p.m. (Neb*sat Channel 102), Conn Library, Wayne State College.
– March 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Neb*sat Channel 107), Panhandle Research and Extension Center, Scottsbluff.
Check with local extension offices for arrangements. To register for the workshops, contact Ann Fiedler, (402)472-6707; e-mail afielder1@unl.edu. On-site registration is available from 8:30-9 a.m. the days of the workshops.
The $95,000 grant came from USDA's Risk Management Agency. It is one of a series of grants, totaling about $2.9 million, that have been awarded to the university in the last couple of years to address drought mitigation issues.
2/24/03-DM
Don Wilhite - Ph.D.
School of Natural Resources
Director
(402) 472-4270
William J. Waltman - Ph.D.
Computer Science & Engineering
Research Coordinator
(402) 472-9984
Dan Moser IANR News & Photography Coordinator (402) 472-3007
Department: National Drought Mitigation Center
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