Assistance program
Agricultural Water Enhancement Program
-$612,362 committed in FY2018–FY2023
- Agency
- Natural Resources Conservation Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Direct Payments for Specified Use
- CFDA number
- 10.925
- What it does
- AWEP as part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, promotes ground and surface water conservation and improved water quality on agricultural lands. As authorized by Congress, this is not a grant program to eligible partners. This is a program whereby approved, eligible partners will enter into multi-year agreements with NRCS to promote ground and surface water conservation, or improve water quality on eligible agricultural lands
- Who benefits
- To be eligible the agricultural producers must be in compliance with highly erodible land and wetland conservation provisions and in compliance with the Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) payment limitations.
- Who applies
- Partners representing agricultural producers who face serious threats to soil, water, and related natural resources, or who need assistance with complying with Federal and State environment laws. A participant may be an owner, landlord, operator, or tenant of eligible agricultural lands or non-industrial forestlands. Limited resource producers, small-scale producers, socially disadvantaged individuals, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, Alaska natives, and Pacific Islanders are encouraged to apply. Eligible partners include: Federally recognized Indian Tribes, States, units of local government, agricultural or silvicultural associations or other groups of such producers, or other nongovernmental organization with experience working with agricultural producers
- Authorized by
- The Food Security Act of 1985. This program was repealed by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill), effective February 7, 2014. Therefore, no new enrollments are authorized for this program after that date.
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