Project Search
Since its inception in 2004, CIG has funded hundreds of projects, boosting natural resource conservation while helping producers improve the health of their operations for the future. Use this tool to search for CIG projects based on any of the criteria listed below.
CIG projects from 2004-2009 may be missing information in the following categories: Resource Concern (specific), Conservation Practice, Production/Use.
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Showing 261 - 270 of 1802 projects
The Nature Conservancy
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NY
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2019
This project seeks to develop a behavioral change solution which, when implemented, will substaintially increase the percentage of NY state farmers implementing soil health best practices and develop a behavior science training package for farmer adviosrs.
UK RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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KY
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2019
Purpose: Economic Analysis of Maple Syrup Potential in Kentucky Objectives: 1. Assess statewide maple syrup production in Kentucky 2. Conduct on farm cost benefit analysis of maple syrup production of representative Kentucky producers 3. Assess energy conservation-dehydration measures of sap from sugar producing trees to establish cost-effective ways to save energy to maximize returns for producers.
Univeristy of Hawaii
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HI
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2019
The overall purpose of this project is to address disease issues that are challenging the use of a popular tropical leguminous cover crop, `Tropic Sun' sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea), in Hawaii. `Tropic Sun' sunn hemp, Crotalaria juncea, has been a popular green manure since its release in 1983 due to its vigorous growth, high nitrogen content and nematode suppression properties. However, in the last decade, farmers growing sunn hemp are suffering from Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium udum f. sp. crotalariae (Fuc) that causes the plants to wilt within 30 days after planting. Most recently, two viruses were found on sunn hemp in Hawaii: tobacco streak virus (TSV) that causes necrosis and seedling death in India, and an unclassified tobamovirus that is mechanically transmitted. The second virus greatly reduces plant biomass and is hampering the seed production in Hawaii. With `Tropic Sun' in trouble, and the virus found on the wild Crotalaria, C. spectabilis, this project is aiming to find alternatives to 'Tropic Sun' in Hawaii for soil health management
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
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KY
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2019
Purpose: Informing management practice through understanding the effects of species and tree characteristics on Maple sap volume and sugar content. Objective: To establish a sampling network in Kentucky that will facilitate development of a predictive model for quantifying the effect of local climate patterns, site conditions, maple species, tree size, and tree growing space and crown characteristics on maple sap volume production and sugar content.
Women, Food and Agriculture Network
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IA
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2019
The purpose of this project is to innovate a model to help women landowners request and support higher implementation rates by their farmers for Nutrient Reduction Strategy practices, particularly cover crops and no-till/strip-till which help improve soil health, water quality, and water quantity and to learn more about how best to help women address the barriers to conservation practice implementation.
Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts
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AR
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2019
The overall goal of this project is to expand a farmer-led ASHA that would increase the outreach for an effective educational program among Arkansas farmers. The network would form a governing Board with additional officers and members, and develop a strategic plan. The AACD would work with the ASHA and University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service (UA CES) to develop a strategic plan with ASHA, build membership drive and provide leadership training for ASHA conducted by UA CES (Julianne Dunn)
Beaver Watershed Alliance
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AR
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2019
This project will develop and document a scenario for the use of Seasonal High Tunnels (Practice 325) for propagation of local genotype native plant material (NPM). The Beaver Watershed Alliance will Identify and establish local genotype for NPM production with twenty producers in the Beaver Lake Watershed using plant-related NRCS practices. There will be benefits such as establishing and support development of environmental restoration and retail markets as an economically viable model for routine use of local genotype NPM to improve soils, protect water quality, improve air quality, improve energy conservation and related resources both on agricultural and non-industrial private forested lands as well as in developing urban and suburban areas throughout Northwest Arkansas.
Burns Paiute Tribe
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OR
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2019
This project will test the applicability of the combination of prescribed fire, pre-emergent herbicide application, and seeding at controlling medusahead and rvegetation with more desirable vegetation at a management scale and to compare the efficienty of indaziflam and imazapic within these treatment combinations.
East Arkansas Enterprise Community, Inc.
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AR
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2019
This project will use several conservation practices: Cover Crop (340) applied with practices such as Conservation Crop Rotation (328), Residue and tillage management, No Till (329), Residue and Tillage Management, Reduced Till (345), Nutrient Management (590),
and Pest Management Conservation System (595) as conservation approaches that have been used separately as a cover crop system to enable producers to be increasingly flexible and adaptable when top and sub-soil conditions are not suitable to the cover crop production and termination guidelines. East Arkansas Enterprise Community, Inc. will provide technical assistance and outreach to enable 30 producers in the project will use a combination of the conservation practices in that best suit their farm conditions based on their conservation plans. They will collect, analyze, record and compile data to evaluate the process and outcome of the practices, incorporate the evaluation data into a written report with recommendations about the effectiveness and impact of the various practices in the system, and make recommendations about the transferability of the system of practices for use in alternative crop production. The group will conduct regularly scheduled meeting among the project partners to update them and to confer regarding any changes or modifications that need to be made in the project protocol in order to meet the objectives.
and Pest Management Conservation System (595) as conservation approaches that have been used separately as a cover crop system to enable producers to be increasingly flexible and adaptable when top and sub-soil conditions are not suitable to the cover crop production and termination guidelines. East Arkansas Enterprise Community, Inc. will provide technical assistance and outreach to enable 30 producers in the project will use a combination of the conservation practices in that best suit their farm conditions based on their conservation plans. They will collect, analyze, record and compile data to evaluate the process and outcome of the practices, incorporate the evaluation data into a written report with recommendations about the effectiveness and impact of the various practices in the system, and make recommendations about the transferability of the system of practices for use in alternative crop production. The group will conduct regularly scheduled meeting among the project partners to update them and to confer regarding any changes or modifications that need to be made in the project protocol in order to meet the objectives.
EcoTrust
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OR
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2019
This project includes the design and implementation of a free and open-source web app enabling users across Oregon to auto-generate stewardship planning materials. The app will automate preparation of maps, tables, and supporting information for Oregon's FMP template.