The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is seeking support from natural resource conservation partners to work together to help enhance conservation delivery in the State of Mississippi.
Donor Name: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
State: Mississippi
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/03/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The goals and objectives of this program are:
- Use climate-smart management and sound science to enhance the health and productivity of agricultural lands.
- Lead efforts to adapt to the consequences of climate change in agriculture and forestry.
- Restore, protect, and conserve watersheds to ensure clean, abundant, and continuous provision of water resources.
- Increase carbon sequestration, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and economic opportunities (and develop low-carbon energy solutions).
- Protect agricultural health by minimizing major diseases, pests, and wildlife conflicts.
- Build resilient food systems, infrastructure, and supply chain.
- Foster agricultural innovation.
- Increase food security through assistance and access to nutritious and affordable foo
- Increase capacity, sustainability, and economic vitality in rural and tribal communities.
- Promote environmental justice by maximizing sustainable and green economic development in rural and tribal communities.
- Foster a culture of civil rights, diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, transparency, and accountability.
Conservation partners are invited to apply for NRCS assistance with projects focused on the following key conservation objectives
- Climate Smart Agriculture
- To provide technical assistance, outreach and education to landowners on innovative ways to assist with transforming agri-food systems towards climate resilient practices. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an integrated approach to managing cropland, pastureland, forestland, and fisheries that address the challenges of food security and climate change.
- Easement Program Technical Assistance
- Provide technical assistance to private landowners seeking to participate in NRCS easement programs, such as the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program-Wetland Reserve Easements (ACEPWRE).
- Conservation Outreach
- Promote public awareness of NRCS programs such as soil health, sustainable agricultural practices and best forestry management conservation practices and increase participation in NRCS programs and services by socially disadvantaged, limited resource, women, veterans and beginning farmers and ranchers in Mississippi.
- Organic and Specialty Workshops
- Provide learning opportunities to educate agricultural producers who are following or considering the use of organics or transitioning to organic cropping systems for vegetables, fruits, specialty crops, produce and non-traditional agricultural production efforts in Mississippi
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $50,000
Performance Period
Projects may be between (1) one and (5) five years in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following entity types
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS (other than institutions of higher education)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- Small Business
- Special district governments
- State governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.