; and (3) to improve the implementation of Department programs to optimize productivity, profitability, and ecological benefits. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered conservation practice The term covered conservation practice means a specific conservation practice or enhancement that is designed to protect soil health, farm and ranch productivity, or both (including the protection of wildlife habitat) while maintaining or enhancing crop yields in an economically sustainable manner (including such a conservation practice or enhancement that is supported by the Department or used independently by a producer), as determined by the Secretary. (2) Department The term Department means the Department of Agriculture. (3) Other production practice The term other production practice means a practice used to produce a crop or livestock, including pest control, nutrient management, manure management, water and irrigation management, seed, feed and nutrition, and crop residue management. (c) Data collection, review, analysis, and technical assistance The Secretary, acting through the 1 or more applicable Under Secretaries that head mission areas relating to farm and ranch productivity and conservation, in coordination with the Chief Data Officer of the Department, the Chief Economist, and the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, shall carry out the following activities: (1) Identify in the data inventory maintained by the Secretary under section 3511 of title 44, United States Code, data relating to the impacts of covered conservation practices and other production practices on enhancing crop yields, soil health, and ecosystem services, reducing risk, and improving farm, ranch, and other working land profitability generated or collected by the Department, including the Farm Service Agency, the Risk Management Agency, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Economic Research Service, the Forest Service, and any other relevant agency, as