USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) iri kupa mari inodarika madhora gumi nemana nemazana matanhatu emadhora ekutsigira kuvandudza masisitimu, maturusi, uye matekinoroji ekugadzira nekuchengetedza minda yekurima. Mari inopiwa kuburikidza nechirongwa cheConservation Innovation Grants (CIG), icho chinopa mibairo kumasangano, mayunivhesiti, nevamwe vari kugadzira hunyanzvi hwekutsigira varimi, vapfuri, uye varidzi vemasango.
Mari iyi yeUSDA yakaburitsa mari inodarika madhora gumi nemashanu. Yakatenderwa muna 15.3 Farm Bill, chirongwa cheCIG chapa mari inosvika mazana matatu emamiriyoni emadhora kusvika parizvino.
"Huwandu hwevanhu pasi rose huri kuwedzera, asi ivhu rekurima riripo riri kudzikira," akadaro Acting Chief weNRCS Kevin Norton. “Kuburikidza nesainzi nehutsva, tinokwanisa kubatsira varimi kusimudzira hutano hwekushanda kwavo negoho paminda yavo tichichengetedza zviwanikwa zvatinovimba nazvo tose. Maitiro matsva, maturusi, uye matekinoroji ari kuvandudzwa kuburikidza neCIG ari kutibatsira kuona hupenyu hurefu hwekurima kweAmerica. "
Dziva remari ra2020 rakanangana nenzvimbo shanu dzinokosha: mhando yemhepo, mhando yemvura, kushandiswazve kwemvura, kuchengetedza simba, uye pekugara mhuka dzesango. Iri ndiro gore rekutanga kushandiswa kwemvura inzvimbo yakakosha, zvichienderana nekuzvipira kweUSDA pasi peNational Water Reuse Action Plan, yakaziviswa neEnvironmental Protection Agency muna Kukadzi 27, 2020.
NRCS yakasarudza mapurojekiti makumi maviri nemana e24 CIG mibairo. Mienzaniso inosanganisira:
- Vanoshanda Varimi veIowa ichawedzera kutorwa kwefetereza uye manejimendi maitiro anokonzeresa kuburitsa gasi regreenhouse kubva mukugadzirwa kwezviyo zvidiki kuburikidza nekuyedza hunyanzvi hwekugovanisa mari uye nzira dzemusika nevadyidzani vezviyo uye mapuroteni emhuka, anosanganisira McDonalds, Oatly, PepsiCo, uye Starbucks. .
- University of Illinois ichagadzira uye kuongorora bioreactors uye saturated buffers iyo inogadzirisa kuyerera kwekuchinja, kuwedzera mvura yekurapwa, kudzidza kuti nzvimbo dzesaiti dzinogona kukanganisa sei kuita, uye kuyedza nzira itsva dzekutarisa nitrogen dzinogona kutungamira kumisika-yakavakirwa mvura-mhando mhinduro.
- North Carolina State University ichashandisa 3D imaging system kuti iwedzere kushandiswa kwechirimwa chekuvharisa uye kupa saiti-chaiyo nzira dzekudzivirira sora kuderedza zvakanyanya kurimwa. Iyo 3D imaging system ichaita mepu nekuyera mbesa dzekuvharisa nemasora uye ichazivisa kutarisisa kwakanangana nenzvimbo yekupukunyuka kwesora, nekudaro kuchengetedza ivhu nemhando yemvura kuburikidza nekunatsiridza kutonga kwemasora asingaurayiwi nesora.
Kuti uwane runyorwa ruzere rwemapurojekiti uye tsananguro, shanyira iyo CIG webhusaiti.
Zvimwe Pamusoro peCIG
CIG chirongwa chemakwikwi erubatsiro chinotsigira budiriro, kuyedza, uye tsvagiridzo yetekinoroji yekuchengetedza, maitiro, masisitimu, uye maitiro paminda yakazvimirira. Vanopihwa vanofanirwa kuenzanisa iyo CIG investimendi inokwana imwe kune imwe.
Ese maUS-based asiri-Federal masangano uye vanhu vanokodzera kunyorera. Ruzivo rwekuzivisa mari runogona kuwanikwa kuburikidza ne CIG webhusaiti kana kuti Grants.gov.
Mahofisi eNRCS eHurumende anokwanisawo kubhadhara uye kubata makwikwi avo eCIG, kuwedzera kune National CIG signup. Visit NRCS state office mawebhusaiti kuti uwane ruzivo nezvenyika CIG makwikwi.
CIG inobatsirawo kune Agriculture Innovation Agenda, chirongwa cheUSDA chekuenzanisa zviwanikwa, zvirongwa, uye tsvagiridzo kuti zvigone kurima zvekuAmerica kuti zvizadzise zvirinani zvinodiwa pasi rose. Kunyanya, USDA iri kushanda kukurudzira hunyanzvi kuitira kuti kurima kweAmerica kukwanise kuzadzisa chinangwa chekuwedzera kugadzirwa ne40% uku ichicheka tsoka yezvakatipoteredza yekurima kweUS nepakati panosvika 2050.
Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo nezve chirongwa cheCIG, shanyira iyo CIG webhusaiti.