Prairie View A&M University, along with research partners at Texas A&M University, University of Houston, and Michigan Aerospace Corporation, has been awarded a new grant to help support small-scale, underserved and limited resources farmers reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The project, dubbed the Climate-Smart Sustainability Certificate, will substantially expand opportunities for climate-smart commodities and small-scale underserved and limited resources farmers of strawberry, edible soybean, radish and leafy green commodities. Farmers of the aforementioned crops will be offered an incentive to take up climate-smart practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester more carbon in the soil while improving soil health and production.
“I am proud to announce these historic grants from the Department of Agriculture. The CSS Certificate project will have an unprecedented impact on historically underserved and small-scale farmers,” said PVAMU Vice President of Research & Innovation Magesh Rajan. “The funding for these projects boosts our ability to develop projects that support historically underserved farmers across the State of Texas while the success of these initiatives will benefit PVAMU and HBCUs nationwide.”
The project, dubbed the Climate-Smart Sustainability Certificate, will substantially expand opportunities for climate-smart commodities and small-scale underserved and limited resources farmers of strawberry, edible soybean, radish and leafy green commodities. Farmers of the aforementioned crops will be offered an incentive to take up climate-smart practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester more carbon in the soil while improving soil health and production.
“I am proud to announce these historic grants from the Department of Agriculture. The CSS Certificate project will have an unprecedented impact on historically underserved and small-scale farmers,” said PVAMU Vice President of Research & Innovation Magesh Rajan. “The funding for these projects boosts our ability to develop projects that support historically underserved farmers across the State of Texas while the success of these initiatives will benefit PVAMU and HBCUs nationwide.”