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ISSUE:
The definition of a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher for Natural Resource
Conservation Service (NRCS) funding is inconsistent with the definition of a socially
disadvantaged farmer or rancher for the Farm Service Agency (FSA). The NRCS definition
leaves out women.
AMERICAN AGRI-WOMEN REQUEST:
American Agri-Women (AAW) requeststhat NRCS adopts the same definition for a socially
disadvantaged farmer as FSA and include women under the social disadvantage
definition.
BACKGROUND:
The NRCS definition of a social disadvantage farmer or rancher does not include women
Disadvantaged
For an entity, at least 50%
ownership in the business
must be held by SD
individuals, with the
exception of NASS
calculations (see details to
the right).
NRCS
A member of a group
whose members have
been subjected to racial
or ethnic prejudice
because of their identity
as members of that
group without regard to
their individual qualities.
Includes the following
groups:
• American Indians or
Alaskan Natives
• Asians
• Blacks or African
Americans
• Native Hawaiians or
other Pacific Islanders
• Hispanics
FSA, RMA, ERS, and NASS
A member of a group whose
members have been
subjected to racial, ethnic,
or gender prejudice because
of their identity as members
of that group without regard
to their individual qualities.
Includes the following
groups:
• American Indians or
Alaskan Natives
• Asians
• Blacks or African Americans
• Native Hawaiians or other
Pacific Islanders
• Hispanics
• Women