FEW: A sustainable rural framework workshop for the upper Great Plains.

南达科他州矿业与技术学院（与南达科他州州立大学、内布拉斯加-科尔尼大学、北达科他州州立大学和Sitting Bull学院合作）将举办一个研讨会，探讨半干旱的上大平原地区可持续农村供应链问题和粮食-能源-水关系研究需求。 研讨会将1）由食品，水，能源，土地使用和气候方面的主要专家介绍最近的关键研究概要; 2）在会议期间使用基于战略的讨论小组确定UGP中关键的FEW研究需求; 3）将研究需求总结为白色文件。南达科他州矿业与技术学院（与南达科他州州立大学、内布拉斯加-科尔尼大学、北达科他州州立大学和Sitting Bull学院合作）将举办一个食品-能源-水（FEW）关系研讨会，探讨可持续农村供应链问题的研究需求。 半干旱的UGP是粮食和能源的净出口国，但它也是相互竞争的利益中心：巴肯页岩油繁荣，玉米乙醇生产，原地铀矿开采，煤矿，风力发电场和大型水电大坝与公共和私人利益竞争土地使用替代品。农业商品和牲畜价格的大幅度波动、为种植生物能源作物而竞相使用土地、通过生物技术和精准农业提高农业效率、以及气候趋势和变异性的区域影响，都对区域农业和水资源产生了影响。最近能源和商品最终用途的发展使区域经济大幅度增长，但也使基础设施紧张（例如缺乏住房、电力输送、管道、公路/铁路线），促使草地转为耕地，造成土壤盐碱化和钠化，并减少地下水供应。研讨会将1）由食品，水，能源，土地使用和气候方面的主要专家介绍最近的关键研究概要; 2）在会议期间使用基于战略的讨论小组确定UGP中关键的FEW研究需求; 3）将研究需求总结为白色文件。

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (working in collaboration with South Dakota State University, University of Nebraska-Kearney, North Dakota State University and Sitting Bull College) will host a workshop to explore sustainable rural supply chain problems and Food-energy-water nexus research needs in the semi-arid Upper Great Plains. The workshop will 1) present key recent research synopses by leading experts in food, water, energy, land-use and climate; 2) identify critical FEW research needs in the UGP using strategy-based discussion groups during the conference; 3) summarize research needs into a white paper. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (working in collaboration with South Dakota State University, University of Nebraska-Kearney, North Dakota State University and Sitting Bull College) will host a Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus workshop to explore sustainable rural supply chain problems research needs. The semi-arid Upper Great Plains UGP is a net exporter of food and energy, yet it is also the site of competing nexus interests: the Bakken shale-oil boom, corn grain ethanol production, in-situ uranium mining, coal mines, wind farms, and major hydroelectric dams compete with public and private interests in relation to land-use alternatives. Large and volatile changes in agricultural commodity and livestock prices, competing land-use for incoming bioenergy crops, increasing agricultural efficiencies through biotechnology and precision agriculture; and regional effects of climate trends and variabilities have impacted regional agriculture and water resources. Recent energy and commodity end-use developments have led to substantial regional economic growth; however it has strained infrastructure (e.g. lack of housing, power transmission, pipelines, roads/rail lines), contributed to grassland to cropland conversion, resulted in soil salinization and sodification, and reduced ground water supplies. The workshop will 1) present key recent research synopses by leading experts in food, water, energy, land-use and climate; 2) identify critical FEW research needs in the UGP using strategy-based discussion groups during the conference; 3) summarize research needs into a white paper.