Environmental Quality Incentives Program

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The Environmental Quality Incentives Program is a U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative that provides financial and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to implement conservation practices that improve soil, water, air, and wildlife habitat on working lands.

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instanceOf United States Department of Agriculture program ⓘ
conservation program ⓘ
federal cost-share program ⓘ
abbreviation EQIP ⓘ
administeredBy Natural Resources Conservation Service ⓘ
United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
aimsTo enhance water conservation ⓘ
improve air quality ⓘ
improve nutrient management ⓘ
improve soil quality ⓘ
improve water quality ⓘ
improve wildlife habitat ⓘ
reduce agricultural nonpoint source pollution ⓘ
reduce soil erosion ⓘ
appliesTo cropland ⓘ
non-industrial private forestland ⓘ
pastureland ⓘ
rangeland ⓘ
working agricultural land ⓘ
contractLength 1 to 10 years ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 ⓘ
eligibleBeneficiary farmers ⓘ
non-industrial private forest landowners ⓘ
ranchers ⓘ
fundingSource Commodity Credit Corporation ⓘ
hasPart EQIP Classic ⓘ
EQIP Conservation Incentive Contracts ⓘ
linked to: EQIP

EQIP High Tunnel Initiative ⓘ
EQIP Initiatives ⓘ
linked to: EQIP

EQIP National Water Quality Initiative ⓘ
EQIP On-Farm Energy Initiative ⓘ
EQIP Organic Initiative ⓘ
EQIP Wildlife Habitat Incentive Area ⓘ
implementsThrough conservation practice contracts ⓘ
inception 1996 ⓘ
includesPracticeType forest management practices ⓘ
land management practices ⓘ
structural conservation practices ⓘ
vegetative practices ⓘ
wildlife habitat management practices ⓘ
legalBasis Farm Bill ⓘ
Food Security Act of 1985 as amended ⓘ
monitoredBy Office of Inspector General of USDA ⓘ
offers higher payment rates for historically underserved producers ⓘ
oversightBy United States Congress ⓘ
priorityArea air quality nonattainment areas ⓘ
environmentally sensitive areas ⓘ
impaired water bodies ⓘ
provides cost-share payments ⓘ
incentive payments ⓘ
practice payments ⓘ
technical assistance ⓘ
purpose provide financial assistance to agricultural producers for conservation practices ⓘ
provide technical assistance to agricultural producers for conservation practices ⓘ
relatedTo Conservation Reserve Program ⓘ
Conservation Stewardship Program ⓘ
Regional Conservation Partnership Program ⓘ
replaced Agricultural Conservation Program ⓘ
Agricultural Water Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program ⓘ
Great Plains Conservation Program ⓘ
Integrated Farm Management Program ⓘ
Rural Clean Water Program ⓘ
Water Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
targetGroup beginning farmers ⓘ
limited resource farmers ⓘ
socially disadvantaged farmers ⓘ
veteran farmers and ranchers ⓘ
website https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/eqip-environmental-quality-incentives ⓘ

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Conservation Reserve Program → relatedTo → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
Environmental Quality Incentives Program → replaced → Water Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
linked to: Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Environmental Quality Incentives Program → hasPart → EQIP On-Farm Energy Initiative ⓘ
linked to: Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Environmental Quality Incentives Program → hasPart → EQIP Organic Initiative ⓘ
linked to: Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program → relatedTo → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 → containsProgram → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 → expandsProgram → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
Public Law 115-334 → affectsProgram → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
Title II – Conservation → governs → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
EQIP → fullName → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
Rural Clean Water Program → replacedBy → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
EQIP Classic → partOf → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
EQIP National Water Quality Initiative → partOf → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
EQIP National Water Quality Initiative → fundingSource → Environmental Quality Incentives Program funds ⓘ
linked to: Environmental Quality Incentives Program
EQIP High Tunnel Initiative → partOf → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
EQIP Wildlife Habitat Incentive Area → partOf → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
Regional Conservation Partnership Program → relatedTo → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
USDA conservation programs → includesProgram → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
Grassland Reserve Program → relatedTo → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
Conservation Stewardship Program → relatedProgram → Environmental Quality Incentives Program ⓘ
Healthy Soils Program → component → Incentives Program ⓘ
linked to: Environmental Quality Incentives Program