USDA NIFA Awards Grant to TSUAg’s Thapa

TSUAg Assistant Research Professor in Climate Smart Agronomy Dr. Reshem Thapa recently netted a piece of a $7.9 USDA NIFA investment in soil health, securing a grant to pursue research. Dr. Thapa will receive just under $300,000 for his research project, titled “Mechanisms and drivers of soil organic carbon storage and nitrogen recycling within climate-smart agricultural systems.” Dr. Thapa was one of a dozen projects awarded funds as part of the investment, which was initiated to “support research projects that will contribute to foundational and applied research to advance scientific understanding of soil physical and biogeochemical processes and interactions; and the development of models, decision support tools and new management/conservation practices.”