GA Conservation Innovation Grant -2014
The objective of this sub-category is to implement new technologies and approaches to conserve energy and produce renewal energy while sustaining agricultural productivity.
Subtopics include:
Innovative implementation systems to achieve greater use of energy audits including energy audits that address cropland in addition to buildings and equipment;
Innovative on-farm energy conservation technologies;
Innovative on-farm applications of renewable energy production technologies to displace fossil fuel energy;
Sustainable biomass production, harvest, and handling technologies;
Evaluate and demonstrate the use of fast-growing woody biomass species in agroforestry systems e.g., alley cropping, riparian forest buffers, windbreaks, etc.
Adaptation to Drought
The objective of this sub-category is to implement new technologies and approaches that demonstrate and/or enhance system resilience to drought.
Special Interest Subtopics Include:
Demonstrate innovative cropping or grazing systems, specific to one or more growing regions of the U.S., that increase resiliency to drought via improved soil health while maintaining economic viability.
Demonstrate and quantify the rate of increase in available soil water holding capacity as a function of soil properties, management practices (e.g. tillage, amendments, crop residue inputs), and/or climate.
Demonstrate innovative water conserving crop and plant selection in coordination with USDA-NRCS Plant Material Cen...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Agriculture Energy Environment Natural Resources Source Type: funding
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