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Scalable On Farm Greenhouse Gas Reductions and Water-Quality Improvements: Development and Implementation of an Economical and Verifiable Insetting and Accounting Framework

Agreement Number
17-015
Awardee Name
National Corn Growers Association| Inc
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Scalable On Farm Greenhouse Gas Reductions and Water-Quality Improvements: Development and Implementation of an Economical and Verifiable Insetting and Accounting Framework
Awardee State/Territory
Missouri
Involved States/territories
Missouri
Award Year
2016
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$999,749.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Air
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Carbon emissions and sequestration
Carbon sequestration
Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs)
Water Quality
Conservation Practice(s)
Cover Crop
Nutrient Management
Residue and Tillage Management
Project Background
The National Corn Growers Association and partners propose to develop a greenhouse gas insetting framework that can serve as a model for corporations and other entities to drive conservation adoption and achieve greenhouse gas reductions and water quality co-benefits. By providing businesses with a quantifiable method to reduce their carbon footprint by increasing on-the-ground conservation practices, the project will advance understanding of how to incentivize and achieve large scale greenhouse gas mitigation actions in North American
Project Scale
Field-level
Farm-level
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Maria Bowman