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FFAR Grant Addressing Surface and Groundwater Pollution on Farms 

Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agriculture Marks One Year Anniversary, Welcomes First Partner 

Irrigation Innovation Consortium Funds Seven Research Projects 

Year Awarded  2021

FFAR award amount   $533,126

Total award amount   $1,512,550

Location   Fort Collins, CO

Matching Funders   The consortium, which is headquartered at Colorado State University, includes four other U.S. land-grant universities: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kansas State University, Texas A&M University and California State University-Fresno. The consortium’s founding and sustaining industry partners are: FFAR, Aqua Engineering, Irrigation Association, JAIN Irrigation, LI-COR, Lindsay Corporation, Northern Water, Valmont, Hunter Industries, Toro, Rubicon, Colorado Corn Growers Association and Senniger Irrigation Inc.

Grantee Institution   Colarado State University

As freshwater resources become ever more precious, research in irrigation technology is critically needed to maximize efficiency. Water use efficiency is necessary to ensure resiliency in agricultural and landscape systems. The Irrigation Innovation Consortium is awarding seven grants tat enable industry and the public sector co-develop, test, prototype and improve equipment, technology and decision-support systems. 

Fine-tuning photosynthesis 

Portrait of Dhruv Patel smiling.

Dhruv Patel

2019-2022 FFAR Fellow

New Crops ATLASS (Analytics Telenetwork: for Landscape, Agronomic, and Sociocultural Scalability) 

Year Awarded  2021

FFAR award amount   $966,273

Total award amount   $1,939,773

Location   Salina, KS

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   The Land Institute, The Perennial Agriculture Project

Grantee Institution   The Land Institute

Next-generation perennial grains are domesticated as nutrient-dense crops that can diversify the food supply, increase soil health and reduce irrigated water use. However, researchers do not have enough time and resources to conduct the conventional field research essential to develop reliable future seed supplies and optimize management practices. The Land Institute is implementing a civic science program to work with volunteers, farmers and land-grant extension programs to strategically collect data on cultivating next-generation perennial grains at small scales and test civic science as a method for advancing next-generation crop domestication.

Irrigation Innovation Consortium Awards Seven Grants 

Integrating Soil Biogeochemistry and Fertilizer Sciences to Improve Ecosystem Services across Agricultural Landscapes 

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Integrating Soil Biogeochemistry and Fertilizer Sciences to Improve Ecosystem Services across Agricultural Landscapes

FFAR Grant Improves Soil Health Through Phosphorus Management 

Advancing Outreach Effectiveness to Improve Conservation Practice Adoption 

Convening Event Virtual

Advancing Outreach Effectiveness to Improve Conservation Practice Adoption

FFAR & Rodale Institute Enhance Soil Health to Increase Crop Nutrients 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $997,455

Total award amount   $2,001,761

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Dickinson College Farm, Iowa State University, L&M Farms, Lakeview Organic Grain, the Pennsylvania State University, Quinn Farm & Ranch Rodale Institute, Stroud Water Research Center, the University of Delaware, and West Virginia University

Grantee Institution   Rodale Institute

Despite greater production of whole foods like grains, beans, nuts and vegetables, the average diet may be nutritionally deficient. Developing agricultural practices that improve the quality of soil and increase the availability of nutrients in crops is essential to ultimately enhancing human health.