(FOA)-Conservation
Innovation Grants (CIG) for FY19 Kentucky (USDA-NRCS-KY-CIG-GEN0010198); June
14, 2019
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
Description
The
purpose of CIG is to stimulate the development and adoption of innovative
conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural
production. CIG projects are expected to lead to the transfer of conservation
technologies, management systems, and innovative approaches (such as
market-based systems) to agricultural producers, into NRCS technical manuals and
guides, or to the private sector. CIG generally funds pilot projects, field
demonstrations, and on-farm conservation research. On-farm conservation research
is defined as an investigation conducted to answer a specific applied
conservation question using a statistically valid design while employing
farm-scale equipment on farms, ranches or private forest lands.
CIG
recipients must provide a non-Federal funding match or cost-share at least
equal to the amount of Federal funding requested.
KY
CIG Priorities for FY 2019:
Cover
Crops:
·
NRCS
seeks projects that improve technology for planting into standing crops-both
methodology and timing
·
NRCS
seeks projects that measure crop impacts when cover crops are
used-identification and mitigation of voles and other
pests.
Sugar
Producing Tree Species:
·
NRCS
seeks projects that create forestry BMP’s for sugar producing tree species (new
crop for KY).
·
Energy
conservation-dehydration of sap from sugar producing
trees.
Announcement
Number
USDA-NRCS-KY-CIG-GEN0010198
Closing
Date
June
14, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=315903
Contact
Information
Tim
Hafner
859
224-7370