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  • Our Work
    • Water Quality & Quantity Management

      By building strong partnerships with academics, industry and government we provide the science needed to make water resource management decisions at the local, state, regional and national level.

    • Specialty Crop Production & Marketing 

      Specialty crop production and marketing research, education and outreach focused on strengthening farm to retailer connections and promoting locally produced foods.

    • Risk Management

      Providing research materials to assist agricultural producers to manage risk related to production, finances, marketing and legal risks. Many of the materials are provided in English and Spanish.

    • Economic Contribution of Agriculture

      CARS researchers regularly assess agriculture’s economic contribution to the Arkansas economy. The contribution is reported in terms of number of jobs, labor income and value-added.

    • Sustainability Metrics

      Sustainability Metrics measure key impact areas and trends over time, foster productive dialogue and promote progress toward sustainability.

    • Waste Management

      The sustainability metrics for waste management for animal and livestock production operations is to reduce the waste export to minimum, ideally zero.

    •  Life Cycle Assessment

      Innovative life cycle assessments for food, feed, fiber and fuel impacts on greenhouse gas, energy, water, biodiversity, and toxicity.

  • Personnel
    • Directors, Affiliated Faculty and Staff

      Directors of Economy, Risk Management, Horticulture and Waste Management, and affiliated faculty and staff.

    • Faculty Spotlight

      Highlighting faculty and their research.

  • Resources
    • Resources

      Shaping the people who can move ideas into reality.

    • Newsletter

      Providing up-to-date information to associated CARS faculty and the public.

    • Reports

      Providing unbiased information to enable educated votes on critical issues.

    • Presentations

      Highlighting presentations that have received travel grants.

  • Events
    • Upcoming Events

      Current and upcoming events, workshops and conferences.

    • Dale Bumpers College
      • Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

        13 interrelated majors and 21 minors prepare students for careers in every facet of the food industry from production to consumption, careers in business and public service serving families and consumers, and careers that advance environmental sustainability.

      • Division of Agriculture
        • Division of Agriculture

          The core mission of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture is to make a positive impact for that key industry through the research done by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and the teaching done by the Cooperative Extension Service. 

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        Our Work

        • Water Quality & Quantity Management
        • Economic Contribution of Agriculture
        • Specialty Crop Production & Management
        • Life Cycle Assessment
        • Sustainability Metrics
        • Risk Management
        • Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
        • Waste Management
          • Algal Biofeuls Feedstock Demonstration
          • Arkansas Non-Pointsource Management Plan
          • Corn Water Use Modeling
          • Illinois River and Kings River Study
          • Estimation of Production and Best Management Practice Cost in a Crop Bases Watershed in Arkansas
          • Ouachita River Study
          • Gulf Oil Spill Assessment
          • US EPA Wabeable Streams Study
          • Global Climate Study
          • Osage and Spring and Spring Creek Ecosystem Assessment
          • Selection and Placement of Best Management Practices Used to Reduce Total Phosphorus Runoff
          • Stream Ecosystem Services Restoration for Rogers, AR
          • Water Risk Indices
          • Urban Stream Management Strategy for Fayetteville, AR

        Arkansas Non-Point Source Management Plan

        CARS was a major part of the core group that produced the 2005 - 2010 Arkansas NPS Management Plan update.  This plan guides the use of state and federal funds used on projects aimed at solving issues related to NPS pollution.

        Funding from Arkansas Natural Resources Commission helped complete this project.

         

        Contact:
        Marty Matlock, 479-575-2849, mmatlock@uark.edu

        Arkansas elements

        2005-2010 NPS Management Program Plan

          Economics  ●  217 Agriculture Building, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701  ●  479-575-2279
          Waste & Renewables Engineering  ●  215 Engineering Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701  ●  479-575-2883
          Risk Management and Outreach  ●  2301 S. University Ave. Rm 308J, Little Rock, AR 72204  ●  501-671-2175
        Horticulture  ●  316 Plant Sciences Building, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701  ●  479-575-2883
        Policy  ●  2301 S. University Ave. Rm 110J, Little Rock, AR 72204  ●  501-671-2080

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