Project Search
Since its inception in 2004, CIG has funded hundreds of projects, boosting natural resource conservation while helping producers improve the health of their operations for the future. Use this tool to search for CIG projects based on any of the criteria listed below.
CIG projects from 2004-2009 may be missing information in the following categories: Resource Concern (specific), Conservation Practice, Production/Use.
Showing 61 - 70 of 1802 projects
GREEN HEFFA FARMS INC
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GA, NC, PA
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2022
Green Heffa Farms will promote innovative conservation approaches specifically targeting the unique needs and limitations of producers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Project partners have recruited black women, beginning farmers to implement conservation approaches that reclaim traditional ecological knowledge to compare the effects of composting and mulching, cover cropping, conservation crop rotation, low-till to no-till, and herbaceous wind barriers. The project will focus on expanding knowledge of traditional medicinal plants and regenerative organic farming practices.
NATIVE MICROBIALS, INC.
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CA, CO, IN, NM, OR, TX, WA
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2022
Native Microbials Inc. will implement the use of a next generation, rumen-native microbial feed supplement to both improve feed efficiency and reduce enteric methane emissions on 20 commercial dairy farms in the Western United States. The project team will evaluate the environmental, economic, and social impacts of a climate-smart solution that sustainably mitigates enteric methane emissions and provides a novel enteric methane emissions quantification method for dairy cattle at a commercial scale.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
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MS, OK, SC, TN
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2022
This project will, in partnership with two other CIG Classic projects, improve soil-test-based fertilizer recommendations for climate-smart crop production and develop an unbiased decision-support tool for nutrient management. Particularly, it will calibrate phosphorus and potassium recommendations for cropping systems incorporated with cover crops and developed guidelines for banded phosphorus application.
Kipuka Land Mgmt
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HI
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2022
This project will create biochar from biomass generated from four highly invasive tree species that are targeted for removal across the Island, including haole koa (Leucaena leucocephala), strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum), albizia (Albizia julibrissin), and dillenia (Dillenia suffruticosa). Biochar created from these invasive feedstocks will be evaluated for quality and applied onto twenty test plots located in five different eco-systems on Oʻahu (Kahaluʻu, Pālolo Valley, ʻĀhuimanu, Pupukea and Kunia).
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
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FL
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2022
Urban agricultural (UA) production is increasingly coming under pressure due to its nutrient-intensive and often nutrient-inefficient practices which are resulting in excessive N and P pollution in urban regions. While nutrient use efficiency, conservation of soil and water resources, has been a focus of research in rural agriculture, it has received little attention in UA. Hence, this project will evaluate and implement various innovative conservation practices such as cover crops, crop rotation and agricultural monitoring through sensors and remote sensing. These short-term changes in soil properties will be evaluated and related to broader concerns of nutrient cycling, reduced runoff and leaching, improved crop yield and growth.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
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SD
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2022
No-tillage and cover crop adoption are often very low when full season crops are grown in subhumid frigid soil because planting delays can reduce yields. Integrating no-tillage, with cover crops and enhanced nutrient management can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the return on investment. Combining these three components shorten the time to spring planting by warming and drying the surface soil. However, because these changes also affect soil microbial activity and N availability, the N management must also be modified. The failure to address the three-components simultaneous can contribute to yield reduction. Therefore, the purpose of this project is to demonstrate the importance combining the three legs of the stool, no-tillage, cover crops, and enhanced N management into a common system. This project will help producers overcome adoption barriers and it will build on an existing farmer network.
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY - Bardhan Ally Cropping
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MO
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2022
This project will Intercrop a diverse mix of native, perennial species into an alley cropping system to maximize resilience, productivity, and farm income.
Kansas State University
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KS, OK
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2022
Kansas State University will launch the Farmer-to-Farmer Digital Conservation Network (F2F_DCN). This new program will establish a network of collaborators that generates nutrient budget information at the farm level and provide education programs concerning the implementation of data management technologies at the farmer level. Participating producers will conduct farmer-run research with assistance from a team of experts, increasing access to improved data on nutrient budgets and more practical field-scale data.
Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees
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FL
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2022
The investigators' overarching goal is to develop models of precision agriculture that utilize sustainable closed loop water-energy-food systems. These systems use waste bioreactors, aquaponics, and agrivoltaics combined with sensors-based real-time monitoring to improve agricultural productivity while also reducing its environmental impacts.
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS
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HI
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2022
The University of Hawaii will implement on-farm demonstrations and community education programs to promote the long-term adoption of cover crops, intercrops, and no-till practices in Maui County, Hawaii. These practices will be adopted by twelve historically underserved producers to increase water use efficiency, enhance soil moisture content, and reduce surface and groundwater depletion. The on-farm trial sites are located in Maui dry areas and will demonstrate solutions that can be scaled within the district as well as provide a template for other areas of the county and state.