NRCS presents FY19 Arkansas CIG Grants

CIG funds the development and field testing, on-farmresearch and demonstration, evaluation, or implementation of:

• Approaches to incentivizing conservation adoption,including market-based and conservation finance approaches; and

• Conservation technologies, practices, and systems.

   

  Projects or activities under CIG must comply with all applicablefederal, tribal, state, and local laws and regulations throughout the durationof the project; and

• Use a technology or approach that was studiedsufficiently to indicate a high probability for success;

• Demonstrate, evaluate, and verify theeffectiveness, utility, affordability, and usability of natural resource conservationtechnologies and approaches in the field;

• Adapt and transfer conservation technologies,management, practices, systems, approaches, and incentive systems to improveperformance and encourage adoption;

• Introduce proven conservation technologies andapproaches to a geographic area or agricultural sector where that technology orapproach is not currently in use.

Technologies and approaches that are eligible for funding ina project’s geographic area using  an EQIPcontract for an established conservation practice standard are ineligible forCIG funding, except where the use of those technologies and approachesdemonstrates clear innovation.