Prairie View A&M University (“PVAMU”) , under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Farm Program, has begun a new program in Texas: Climate Smart Farm Planning (“Program”).
The Climate Smart Farm Program will focus on the practical implementation of regenerative agriculture practices within the broader context of the Climate Smart Farm Plan. PVAMU is the second oldest public university in Texas and is the largest historically black public university in Texas. Texas leads the nation in total numbers of farms and ranches, with 248,416 farms and ranches covering 127 million acres.
Climate Smart Farm Initiative
Our Climate Smart mission is to serve as a premier outreach and climate agriculture leader for limited resource landowners and communities through the Small Farm Institute. Learn more about SFI, our mission and our core values.
How the Climate Smart Farming Program Will Help
The Climate-Smart Farm Program will support 250 underserved farmers in East Texas as they adopt regenerative agriculture (livestock, specialty crops, forest, crops, vegetables, leafy green) for carbon-smart farm plans.
This program will provide technical assistance and training to underserved farmers and ranchers. Regenerative agriculture, the sustainable, innovative traditional agriculture approach of planting multiple crops, agroforestry, and integrating livestock, is ideal for many underserved producers.
PVAMU already provides research education to small and underserved producers about many NRCS existing Climate Smart practices to help producers produce climate-smart commodities and reach a wider audience, but –
Program Rationale
under the Climate Smart Farm Program, we will also encourage the adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry (CSAF) practices and emphasize practice implementation according to NRCS minimum conservation practice standards.
Climate Smart Farming Program Topics
Covered NRCS Conservation Practices/Standards Topics
- Improving Soil Health
- Benefits of Cover Crop
- Improving Forage Management
- Nutrient Management Education
- Soil and Fertility Management
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Pilot Plan
Our plan to pilot climate-smart agriculture utilizes approved greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the carbon sequestration-reducing Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry(CSAF) practices:
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| Reducing emissions and enhancing soil carbon sequestration. |
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| We are implementing the 4Rs of nitrogen management and reducing nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. | 590 | Nutrient Management |
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| We are reducing emissions and building soil carbon stocks in grazing systems |
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| We are building carbon stocks in perennial biomass and soils |
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