Agreement Number
NR22-13G005
Awardee Name
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona
Grant Type
On-Farm Trials-Soil Health Demonstration Trial
Awardee State/Territory
Arizona
Involved States/territories
Arizona
Award Year
2021
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$923,509.00
Production/Use
Farmland Horticultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Aggregate instability
Organic matter depletion
Soil Health
Erosion
Cover cropping
Contaminants (heavy metals, organic chemicals, etc.)
Carbon sequestration
nitrogen or phosphorus issues
Conservation Practice(s)
Conservation Cover
Cover Crop
Drainage Water Management
Herbaceous Weed Treatment
Mulching
Waste Recycling
Project Background
This on-farm demonstration trial will promote climate-smart and soil health agricultural practices among small-scale farmers in Arizona. The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Blankinship soil health laboratory at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and collaborating farmers will use farmer participatory research to promote climate-smart agricultural and soil health management systems.
Project Scale
Multi-farm
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
Yes
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Judith Brown