The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing potential availability of contribution
agreements for the purpose of leveraging NRCS resources, addressing local
natural resource issues, encouraging collaboration and developing state- and
community-level conservation leadership.
Proposals are requested for competitive consideration for projects
in the state of Minnesota for the following initiatives:
- Connecting Agriculture
Retailers with Conservation Delivery: The overall objective of this
category is to increase private land conservation and encourage
wide-spread adoption of conservation solutions by providing the go-between
leadership of NRCS and private agricultural industry by:
- Integrating conservation and
support of NRCS services into an agricultural retailers' networks
- Equipping retailers with the
knowledge of NRCS programs, the ability to cooperatively work with the
Agency, and assist in the implementation of conservation
- Building leadership and
expertise within NRCS on the services farmer cooperatives and
agricultural retailers provide
- Equipping local offices with a
better understanding of agronomic principals to better meet NRCS
customer’s needs and provide better understanding of the economic
considerations in agronomic planning
- Connecting the Urban Consumer
with Rural Producers:
- Promoting conservation work on
the farm with urban communities/organizations
- Highlighting conservation and
food production interface with the general public
- Agritourism and Field Days
- Highlighting on farm ecosystem
benefits for public consumption
Funding Information
- NRCS anticipates that the
amount available for support of this program in FY 2021 will be $350,000.
Minimum/Maximum individual award amounts are anticipated to be
$50,000/$300,000.
- Proposals are requested from
all domestic applicants for competitive consideration of contribution
agreement awards for projects between 2 and 3 years in duration.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants and applications
must meet eligibility criteria by the application deadline to be
considered for award. Eligible applicant type is determined by the
implementing program statute. Applicant entities identified in the SAM.gov
exclusions database as ineligible, prohibited/restricted, or excluded from
receiving Federal contracts and certain Federal assistance and benefits
will not be considered for Federal funding, as applicable to the funding
being requested under this Federal program (2 CFR 200.206(d)).
- This opportunity is open to all
domestic applicants.
- Post Date -
28-Dec-2020