This $10 million Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA #10.310) supports research and outreach activities aimed at sustaining groundwater and irrigated agriculture in the southwestern United States under a changing climate. The University of California, Davis is the primary awardee and receives $10 million for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026....
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside. The three-year grant project, running from January 2022 through December 2025, will assess the impacts of climate change-induced water scarcity on California's irrigated agricultural sector and evaluate the effectiveness of various on-farm, public, and political...
This $10,000,000 5-year federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) supports a collaborative research initiative focused on building resilient agriculture-water-community systems (RAWCS) in three river basins in the western U.S. The project team from New Mexico State University, in partnership with local stakeholders, will: 1) Develop community-engaged research and tools to improve agricultural...
This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection Program (CFDA 15.808) Cooperative Agreement award of $200,000 aims to enhance understanding of how varying water availability affects agricultural production and local economies. Awarded to the University of California, Merced (UC Merced) and the University of California, Davis, the project will: Comprehensively review current hydro-economic and agro-economic modeling tools to identify strengths and weaknesses, laying the groundwork...
This $527,360 Project Grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund research to support evidence-based policymaking for agricultural water conservation. The key objectives of the 3-year project include: 1) collecting irrigation water rights and runoff data to create a geospatial database, 2) exploring the impact of water rights and supply uncertainty on...
The federal Project Grant award of $999,091 from the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, will support research to quantify field to basin-scale water needs and evaluate the conserved consumptive water use from previous water conservation investments in the Southwest and Southern Plains regions. The goal is to understand realistic water savings from conservation investments in these areas facing increasing droughts and...
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to the University of California Office of the President under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) federal grant program. The grant will develop multifaceted pathways to climate-smart agriculture in California through 2026 by assessing stakeholder needs, providing climate-smart agriculture training to technical service providers, hosting regional workshops...
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) received a $650,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program. The grant supports research addressing four areas outlined under the Hatch Act: plant and animal production, processing and distribution of food/ag products, sustainable agriculture, and soil/water conservation. Specific activities...
This $899,202 project grant, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310), aims to address the challenges of water scarcity and groundwater nitrate contamination faced by agricultural communities in California's Central Coast region. Through a combination of controlled trials and on-farm participatory research, the project will investigate how different cover crop management practices can...
The University of California, Riverside received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) on August 1, 2022 to complete work by July 31, 2024. The funding supports the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program, which provides support for fundamental and applied research, extension, and education addressing food and agricultural sciences (CFDA #10.310). Specifically,...
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $10 million Project Grant to the University of California, Merced under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive federal grant program (CFDA #10.310) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The grant will support the development of new water management strategies, decision-making tools, and institutional designs for agricultural regions and ecosystems in the Western U.S. facing climate change and drought pressures. Key products include a water data dashboard; localized use cases in California's San Joaquin Valley, New Mexico's Mesilla Valley, and Utah's Cache Valley; hydrologic and economic modeling; and workshops, education and outreach. Sub-awards were provided to Environmental Defense Fund, Utah State University, New Mexico State University, University of California Davis, and University of California Berkeley to contribute relevant expertise and expand existing work in water accounting, trading platforms, groundwater modeling and economic analysis to support the goals of the project.