Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration

Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration

The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration is a branch under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, a department of the Federal Government of Canada.

The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration or the PFRA as it is commonly referred was established by an Act of Parliament in 1935 in response to the widespread drought, farm abandonment and land degradation of the 1930s. Its role was to :

"... secure the rehabilitation of the drought and soil drifting areas in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and to develop and promote within those areas, systems of farm practice, tree culture, water supply, land utilization and land settlement that will afford greater economic security..."

With this mandate, PFRA has served to promote sustainable development on the rural prairies for over six decades in the areas of air, water, soils, and biodiversity.

External links

* [http://www.agr.gc.ca/pfra/main_e.htm Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration]


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