Project Grant 20246702042332
- This $499,999 federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program (CFDA 10.216) aims to advance climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and enhance the resilience of working farms against changing climates. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award to Tennessee State University include: Quantifying how on-farm management influences cover crop performance and its effects on soil...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) (CFDA 10.310) totaling $749,045 is designed to comprehensively assess the long-term (10-15 year) impacts of early- and late-terminated cover crops on soil organic carbon pools and soil health indicators within the soil profile to at least 1 meter depth. The project will leverage two existing 10-year experiments in...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) has awarded a $650,000 project grant to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to conduct multi-year trials on 12 cover crop species integrated with corn production. The research aims to gain an improved understanding of the variation in root traits across diverse cover crop species and their influence on soil and cash crops. The project will leverage advanced root phenomics, sensing technologies, and...
- This $294,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program aims to enhance the sustainability of cotton production. The project will investigate the impact of cover crops on the soil microbiome and their subsequent effects on cotton plant development. Through field experiments and analysis of soil and plant samples, the project will measure the abundance and functionality of microbial...
- The University of Nebraska was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program. The three-year grant will fund research and extension activities to evaluate the impact of interseeded cover crops on nitrogen dynamics and cycling in corn and soybean cropping systems in Nebraska. Specifically, the university will investigate how cover crops...
- This $10 million project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA #10.310) will support the development of a cover crop seed industry through research, education, and outreach activities led by the University of Missouri from April 2023 through March 2028. Key deliverables include expanding breeding efforts to develop new cover crop varieties adapted to different regions; establishing...
- This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) provides $225,000.00 to Colorado State University to investigate how different farming practices, particularly integrated crop-livestock systems, affect soil health. The research aims to identify practical ways to enhance soil health, increase crop yields, and contribute to climate change mitigation by improving...
- This $299,959 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) program focuses on understanding how four forage species can improve soil health up to a depth of 1 meter. Through detailed greenhouse and field experiments, the project aims to explore the relationships between root traits, rhizosphere and soil microbiomes, and overall soil health. These insights are...
- This $980,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides funding to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a precision sensing technology called PlantMap3D. The goal is to assist soybean farmers in the use of cover crops as part of an integrated weed management program. The PlantMap3D system will be deployed in five major...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded a $748,363 Project Grant to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational Program: Soil Health. The grant supports a 3-year research project to quantify three key soil components - the microbiome structure, organic matter structure, and soil aggregate structure - in order to understand how organic carbon is stabilized in...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a $299,999 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to Tennessee State University Research And Sponsored Programs Division. The grant will fund a 2-year research project to investigate how different cover crop functional types (grass vs. legume) impact soil health through their effects on biomass partitioning, root architecture, and litter chemical recalcitrance. The project aims to advance the mechanistic understanding of how cover crop traits influence the stabilization and recycling of soil organic carbon and nitrogen within climate-smart agricultural systems. Key objectives include quantifying interactive effects of cover crop functional types, litter traits, and soil mineralogy on building labile and stable soil carbon and nitrogen pools under future climate warming, as well as determining the relative contributions of rhizodeposition and decomposing litters to soil carbon and nitrogen by depth.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $300.0k | 5/14/24 |