Agreement Number
17-036
Awardee Name
The Nature Conservancy
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Agriculture Viability Loan Program - Impact Investing
Awardee State/Territory
Idaho
Involved States/territories
Idaho
Award Year
2016
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$169,716.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Soil Health
Conservation Practice(s)
Cover Crop
Residue and Tillage Management
Project Background
The Nature Conservancy proposes to work with commercial lenders and impact investors to develop a program that provides reduced operating loan rates in exchange for the implementation of conservation practices that build a producer’s natural resource base. This project could serve as a model for valuing soil health and other risk mitigating conservation systems as part of a producer’s overall financial approach.
Project Scale
Farm-level
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Mark Davidson