Proposed Advancing Research on Agricultural Climate Impacts Act
Addresses a lack of standardized methodologies for soil carbon measurement and fragmented data collection which make carbon sequestration outcomes uncertain and hard to verify.
LPDD Recommendation: “Congress should at a minimum restore the USDA’s research funding to its prior share of the agency’s budget.”
LPDD Recommendation: “Congress should at a minimum double the extension system’s budget to $900 million, designating the additional funds for climate change-related education, programming, and services.”
LPDD Recommendation: “Congress should dramatically increase the annual budget for the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), while also specifically appropriating funds for SARE to use to support the development of carbon farming.”
LPDD Recommendation: “USDA should design research to advance objectives other than mitigation, such as crop productivity or food safety, to bolster, and work in conjunction with, climate-friendly systems.”
LPDD Recommendation: “Agricultural Research Service and NIFA should prioritize funding for research into agroecology.”
LPDD Recommendation: “State governments should develop and expand funding for robust research, education, and technical assistance programs designed to spread climate-friendly practices.”