Awardee Name
University of Kentucky
Grant Type
State
Project Title
GIS and Cloud Computing Tools for Soil and water Conservation: Grassed Waterways and Nitrogen Fertilizer Recommendation.
Awardee State/Territory
Kentucky
Involved States/territories
Kentucky
Award Year
2012
End Date
Award Amount
$75,000.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Soil
Conservation Practice(s)
Grassed Waterway
Project Background
This proposal will address the under-utilization of practices through three objectives: 1) develop, test, and provide training for desttop GIS application 2)develop, test, and provide training for a mobile cloud computing based system and 3) conduct preliminary water quality studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of the tools developed in 1 and 2 above.
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No