BIOAg, the Biologically Intensive and Organic Agriculture Program, is a flagship CSANR program that drives a large portion of our core mission- to engage WSU faculty with research that facilitates solutions for the sustainability of Washington’s agriculture. Just through the past eight years we have awarded over $2 million to strong projects from across WSU, which has resulted in over $32 million in leveraged funds based on the original BIOAg projects.
Beyond the numbers, BIOAg projects allow exploration into novel ideas and partnerships that build solutions for a range of issues that Washington agriculture faces. Projects funded in 2024 cover a diversity of topics and perspectives, from the soil to livestock and pollinators all the way to the food systems themselves. Check out the 2024 projects through the links below and see how BIOAg projects have developed through the years in our Grants Database.
2024 Projects:
- Scalable assessment of soil organic carbon for carbon incentive programs | PI: K. Rajagopalan
- Investigating the effects of microbial biopesticides as biocontrol for honey bee varroa mite | PI: B. Hopkins
- Quantifying erosion reduction benefits resulting from the adoption of conservation tillage practices | PI: J. Wu
- At-School Youth Farmers’ Markets: Can Hands-on Experience Purchasing Fruit and Vegetables Grown on BIOAg Farms Influence Valuation of Local Farming and Family Shopping Habits? | PI: S. Bramwell
- Provision of forage protein reservoirs to enhance utilization of low-quality forages by beef cattle | PI: D. Llewellyn
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