Agreement Number
NR233A750011G011
Awardee Name
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SYSTEMS
Grant Type
On-Farm Trials-Soil Health Demonstration Trial
Project Title
Soil Health through Shelterbelt Planting, Sheet Mulching and Tree Mulch Plant-Available Nitrogen Calculator
Awardee State/Territory
Hawaii
Involved States/territories
Hawaii
Award Year
2022
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$771,442.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Organic matter depletion
Soil organism habitat loss or degradation
Soil Health
Conservation Practice(s)
Alley Cropping
Mulching
Tree/Shrub Establishment
Windbreak-Shelterbelt Establishment
Project Background
The University of Hawaii will evaluate the benefits of planting shelterbelts on the perimeters and within rows of crop land as an alternative to cover cropping for soil health conservation. Participating producers will use sheet mulching to supplement plant-available nitrogen from nitrogen fixing trees (shelterbelt planting). The evaluation will be used to develop a tree-mulch plant-available nitrogen calculator to estimate how much nitrogen can be recycled from various multi-purpose, nitrogen-fixing trees.
Project Scale
Multi-farm
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
Yes
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Koon-Hui Wang