Sec. 7213. Researching the transition to organic
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Title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after section 1673 ( 7 U.S.C. 5926 ) the following: The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), in consultation with the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board, may make competitive grants to support research, education, and extension activities relating to the transition of nonorganic production systems into organic agricultural production systems for the purposes of— overcoming barriers to transitioning to organic agricultural production; documenting and understanding the effects of organic practices on ecosystem services, including soil health and fertility, greenhouse gas mitigation and sequestration, water management, biodiversity-related services, and pest management; and developing improved technologies, methods, models, and metrics to document, describe, and optimize ecosystem services of transitioning agricultural production into organic management.
Paragraphs (4), (7), (8), and (11)(B) of subsection
(b)of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act ( 7 U.S.C. 3157(b) ) shall apply with respect to the making of grants under this section. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter. .
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