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2019 SWCS International Annual Conference July 28-31, 2019 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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July 30-1030-CIG-Caroline Sherony
- 1. Mission Support Services Operations Associate Chief Area Conservation Innovation Grants July 29, 2019 SWCS Showcase Modernizing Conservation
- 2. Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) To stimulate the adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies on farms, ranches and forest lands
- 3. CIG: Two Separate Components “CIG Classic” Pilot tests level - to learn about new innovative technologies: First authorized in 2002, first awarded in 2004 • National Competition • State Competition Similar to National Program, handled by States On-Farm Trials Applied trials to increase adoption: On Farm Trials Program • Authorized in 2018 Farm Bill • First NFO, this year, just closed
- 4. CIG Classic – Key Aspects • Applied approach is viewed as a step after traditional research, to technology transfer • Leverages funding, 50% match required • Identifies Future Innovative Practice Standards for NRCS • Priorities change annually • Priorities can vary between protecting specific resources (wildlife, water, and soil) or focus on how to protect resources.
- 5. 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Proposals Received Grants Awarded Number of Proposals Received and Grants Awarded Over Time
- 6. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 %Proposalsfunded Year Proposal Funding Rate Over Time
- 7. Development of Self-Sustaining Markets for Bird-Friendly Beef to Incentivize Grassland Conservation on Private Lands Across the Great Plains, Audubon Society (17-320) National CIG Classic – Innovation Certification programs Bee Better Farming: A Marketplace Incentive Program for Pollinator Conservation, Xerces Society
- 8. To Subscribe--https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDANRCS/subscriber/new • Internet of Agriculture (IoAg) Network and Services Platform, White River Regional Irrigation (17-515) • Forage Forecasting & Nutritional Analytics, Texas A&M (17- 286) • Integrating Precision Irrigation Technologies to Demonstrate a Farmer-Ready Dynamic Variable Rate Irrigation System, Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District (17-317) • Harmonizing Southern Phosphorous Assessment Tools Based on Recent Comparisons and State Priorities, North Carolina State University National CIG Classic – Innovation Technology
- 9. To Subscribe--https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDANRCS/subscriber/new • Conservation Outreach and Assistance to Historically Underserved (COAHU), Arkansas Land & Community Development Corporation • Reaching and Teaching the Next Generation of Farmers and Ranchers, On Pasture • Streamlining Regulatory Compliance and Conservation Planning, The Freshwater Trust (17-287) National CIG Classic – Innovation Outreach
- 10. National CIG Classic in 2019 • Due Tomorrow! July 30, 2019 • Anticipate over 100 proposals • $12.5 million available for projects • Projects focused on Conservation Adoption, Pollinators, Urban Agriculture, and Water Quantity
- 11. CIG Program Updates: • USDA Restructuring: • Creation of Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) business center to continue customer service improvement • OIG Audit: • Several NRCS programs wen through audits with the Office of Inspector General (OIG). One of these audits was with CIG. • CIG Team: • Improving customer service to proposers and awardees
- 12. CIG changes in the 2018 Farm Bill • CIG Classic • Added focus areas – urban agriculture, edge of field and other monitoring practices • New On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials • Soil Health Demonstration Trial • $25 million annually
- 13. On-Farm Trials vs. CIG “Classic” CIG Classic Funds the development of promising approaches and technologies (which may or not be successful!). Funding only rarely provided to producers. On-Farm Trials Funds the implementation and evaluation of innovative approaches, systems and practices that we know provide a conservation benefit. Funding must be provided directly to producers to offset the risk of implementing innovative approaches.
- 14. On-Farm Trials Funding • Up to $25 million is available • $5 million is the maximum award size • $250,000 is the minimum award size • Projects can be 3-5 years in duration
- 15. On-Farm Trials—How It Works 1. Incentive payments to producers to implement innovative approaches, systems and practices. 2. TA funding to entities to help producers with implementation. 3. Evaluation funding to entities to robustly assess natural resource and economic (and to the extent possible, social) outcomes.
- 16. Eligible Entities • Private entities whose primary business is related to agriculture • NGOs with experience working with agricultural producers • Non-Federal government agencies (including Universities)
- 17. On-Farm Trials – 2019 Competition Application period closed July 15, 2019 2019 Priorities: • Irrigation Management • Precision Agriculture • Management Technologies and Strategies • Soil Health Demo Trial
- 18. Soil Health Demo Trial • Supports more widespread adoption of soil health management systems and practices. • NRCS expects to spend up to $10 million of total On-Farm Trials Funding. • Awardees required to use consistent evaluation protocols and methods for assessing soil carbon changes and other soil health outcomes. • Awardees consent to NRCS using data for Congressionally-mandated report.
- 19. Additional Key Points • Priority consideration given to projects that substantively involve historically underserved producers. • No On-Farm Trials funding can be used to pay for indirect costs. • Direct administrative expenses (e.g., filling out required reports, organizing partner meetings) are allowable costs. • No specific level of contributions are required, but contributions are considered in project evaluation criteria.
- 20. Mission Support Services CIG contact info nrcscig@wdc.usda.gov
- 21. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
- 22. Conservation Finance 101 • Harnessing private capital and impact investment for natural resource conservation. • Can help fill the gap between available funding and private lands conservation needs.
- 23. Pioneering Conservation Finance at NRCS • 34 pilot projects funded 2015-2017 • Projects address a multitude of different conservation finance approaches—environmental markets, new finance schemes, corporate supply chain efforts, etc.
- 25. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
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- Kari Cohen 72nd Soil and Water Conservation Society conference (SWCS) July 31, 2017, Madison, WI
- National Competition only In 2017, roughly 24 percent of proposals were funded.
- National Competition only In 2017, roughly 24 percent of proposals were funded.
- Kari, these are all market studies, so I will probably choose two other studies and leave just one of these…Possiblities: PaddockTrac: A Web-based Mobile Application for Managed Grazing Systems; Washington State University - Water Irrigation System Efficiency (WSU WISE) Confronting insufficient water in Washington State by increasing irrigation efficiencies through education and consultation.
- Kari, these are all market studies, so I will probably choose two other studies and leave just one of these…Possiblities: PaddockTrac: A Web-based Mobile Application for Managed Grazing Systems; Washington State University - Water Irrigation System Efficiency (WSU WISE) Confronting insufficient water in Washington State by increasing irrigation efficiencies through education and consultation.
- Kari, these are all market studies, so I will probably choose two other studies and leave just one of these…Possiblities: PaddockTrac: A Web-based Mobile Application for Managed Grazing Systems; Washington State University - Water Irrigation System Efficiency (WSU WISE) Confronting insufficient water in Washington State by increasing irrigation efficiencies through education and consultation.
- This has helped to push improvements in project oversight, which should translate to better communications on project impact in the long term.
- OFT a component of CIG Sub component Soil Health Demonstration Trial
- OFT – no funding to develop
- Program details
- Overview of how OFT works There are three objectives that program funding should go towards accomplishing
- Statute allows NRCS to implement in one of two ways—ourselves or through eligible entities.
- Awardees are required to use consistent evaluation protocols for assessing soil health outcomes
- Time for questions After we’ll hear from three of our CIG grantees – innovative ways to incentivize conservation 1:30 –addressing water quality and quantity issues 3:30- innovation in cover crops Other CIG grantees – Michelle perez (AFT) tomorrow morning at 10:30
- Pleasure to introduce our panel on Innovative ways to Incentivize conservation-Lizzie Marsters (ecotrust), Jeff Tohomas (EPRI), Shefali Metha (soil Health Partnership) What is Conservation Finance? Why we are exploring it at NRCS? CF seeks to find new approaches to attract funding to conservation. Some define conservation finance narrowly as the practice of raising and managing private capital to support conservation. NRCS approaches CF more broadly, supporting the development of a broad array of new funding sources. Why is NRCS Involved? NRCS provides technical and financial assistance to landowners and agricultural producers on millions of acres of agricultural and forestland every year. Nevertheless, a gap exists between NRCS’s available resources and the total conservation need on America’s private lands. Conservation finance can help fill that gap by finding new sources of economic support, developing new revenue streams for agricultural producers, and attracting non-Federal funding to private lands conservation. Conservation finance helps extend NRCS’s mission of Helping People Help the Land.
- subset of our CIG conservation finance partners.