About the Center

About the Center

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The Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes (CRAWL) serves as the platform for integrating resilience into agriculture to serve the personal and economic well-being of Nebraskans and the state’s valued resources. The center leverages national and international interests to guide the future of science, management and policy in a manner truly capable of protecting the important agricultural resources that drive Nebraska’s economy and underpin our global leadership in feeding the world.

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Vision

The center will be the leading global institution in agricultural resilience, guiding the future of science, management and policy focused on protecting the agricultural systems that feed the world and fostering the health of all.

Mission

The center’s mission is to train future leaders in the theory of agricultural resilience, apply resilience theory to agricultural landscapes to ensure they can cope with external and internal stressors and maintain adaptive capacity, identify win-win conservation gaps and provide guidance for closing those gaps, and position the University of Nebraska as a leader in the science of agricultural resilience.

Funding Acknowledgments

CRAWL focuses on core concepts of resilience and panarchy theory in nonstationary working agricultural landscapes. Specifically, CRAWL provides expertise in five unique areas: (1) application of resilience theory to agricultural systems, (2) combination of resilience and One Health, (3) application of adaptive management to agricultural systems, (4) quantification and application of resilience theory and (5) development and application of panarchy theory. 

CRAWL's research is supported by a number of institutions and funding sources. We would like to thank and recognize the enormous contributions the following entities provide to CRAWL and countless other research projects around the country.

Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)

Resilience Informatics as Screening Tools
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Nebraska Environmental Trust & North Central SARE

Collaborative Adaptive Management
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