Agreement Number
11-224
Awardee Name
World Resources Institute
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Application| enhancement| and evaluation of Nutrient Trading Tool (NTT) for two watersheds in the Mississippi River Basin.
Awardee State/Territory
District of Columbia
Involved States/territories
District of Columbia
Award Year
2011
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$299,925.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Soil
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Erosion
Field sediment, nutrient and pathogen loss
Soil Health
Water Quality
Conservation Practice(s)
Conservation Crop Rotation
Cover Crop
Nutrient Management
Residue and Tillage Management
Project Background
The World Resources Institute (WRI) and our partner, Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research (TIAER) seek $300,000 in federal grant matching funds to apply and enhance the Nutrient Trading Tool (NTT) in Mississippi as a field-level conservation assessment tool to improve the cost-effectiveness of investment in conservation practices. The project team will train producers in the use of NTT in order to enhance their ability to make resource conservation decisions. In addition, the Team will link NTT to the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model and the Farm Economic Model (FEM) to evaluate field-level and watershed-level environmental benefits and costs of conservation projects in Mississippi and assess the ability of the tool to improve the cost-effectiveness of federal and state conservation cost-share funding.
Project Scale
Field-level
Regional
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Final Report URL
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Michelle Perez