Accelerating the Adoption of Climate Resilient Regenerative Agricultural Practices Across the Wheat and Maize Value Chain in the Mexican Bajío Year Awarded 2024 FFAR award amount $750,000 Total award amount $1,500,000 Location Texcoco, Mexico Program AgMission Matching Funders PepsiCo Grantee Institution International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) CIMMYT is conducting research to accelerate the adoption of regenerative climate-smart agricultural practices in wheat and maize in Mexico. Researchers are using field measurements and modeling to estimate current and potential greenhouse gas emission reductions from climate-smart agriculture adoption in the Bajío region of Mexico.
Co-development of Innovative Prairie Cover Crop Strategies to Drive Adoption of Regenerative Climate Smart Agriculture in Key Sourcing Regions Year Awarded 2024 FFAR award amount $749,346 Total award amount $1,498,693 Location Saskatchewan, Canada Program AgMission Matching Funders PepsiCo Grantee Institution South East Research Farm South East Research Farm is collaborating with University of Manitoba researchers to collect farm-level data that will be used in environmental models to evaluate the suitability of climate-smart agriculture practices and their impact on crop yield, grain quality, soil health and environmental services.
June 17, 2024 – June 20, 2024 Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture: Linking Science & Policy Panel Discussion San Francisco, CA
June 11, 2024 Secretary Vilsack Announces USDA and FFAR Innovation Challenge to Catalyze Agricultural Solutions
October 28, 2024 – October 29, 2024 Sustainable Beef Research Roadmap Workshop Convening Event Centennial, CO
November 15, 2024 – November 17, 2024 Cultivating the Future of Organic Agriculture in the Southeastern US: How Advancing Equity and Inclusion Will Strengthen the Organic Movement Convening Event Montgomery, AL