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Photo with permission by Dylan de Jonge The CDFA's Healthy Soils Program (HSP) provides financial assistance to farmers and ranchers for the implementation of conservation agriculture practices that improve soil health and sequester carbon.
CDFAs Alternative Manure Management Program (AMMP) provides financial assistance for the implementation of non-digester manure management practices in California, which will result in reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Funds: Livestock and dairy producers can receive up to $750,000.
The CDFA's State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) provides financial assistance in the form of grants to implement irrigation systems that reduce greenhouse gases and save water on California agricultural operations.
All SWEEP applications require a recent pump efficiency test, which you can obtain from a local pump company. For educational materials on pump testing and how to maintain an efficient pump, check out a program in California called the Advanced Pumping Efficiency Program (APEP). Source: www.
Croplands practices reduce erosion and increase the carbon sequestration potential of a field under cultivation. Each practice is defined by NRCS conservation standards; link through Cover Cropping Planting a crop that will not be harvested or grazed.
El estado de California quiere ayudar a los agricultores a poner en practica la agricultura sostenible adaptada al clima. El Departamento de Alimentos y Agricultura de California (CDFA) tiene tres programas de becas.
El programa de CDFA de los suelos sanos (HSP) est cerrado ahora. Ver al sitio web del programa para las ltimas noticias. Haz click aqui para ver quin aplic par las becas en 2021.
El programa de CDFA de SWEEP tiene becas hasta $200,000 para agricultores o rancheros para proyectos que mejoran la eficiencia de su sistema de irrigacin mientras reducen sus emisiones de gases invernaderos.
Vacas en California El programa de CDFA del manejo alternativa del estircol (CDFA AMMP) est cerrado ahora. Ver al sitio web del programa para las ltimas noticias.
Qu son comunidades desfavorecidos (SDACs)? En California, personas que viven en las comunidades con ingresos bajos estn a ms riesgo de contaminantes txicos, y tienen menos acceso a agua limpia, parques y espacios verdes que las personas que viven en comunidades con ingresos ms altos.
