Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
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Description area
Dates of existence
1935 - 2009
History
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration was a branch of the federal ministry of Agriculture (later Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada). It was originally founded in 1935 in order to deal with soil erosion, soil conservation and a lack of water resources caused by a long and severe drought that affected the prairies throughout the decade. While its soil-conservation role was moved to another agency in 1946, the PFRA continued to be involved in water development and conservation projects, manage nearly 10,000km of community pastures, and encourage farmers to develop shelterbelts (rows of trees) to protect fields from wind erosion up until its dissolution in 2009.