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Hawaii EQIP 2003

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program that supports production agriculture and environmental quality as compatible goals. It provides financial and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers who install conservation practices that address natural resource concerns on agricultural lands.

Environmental Quality Inventives Program: Photo of NRCS District Conservationist and farmerEQIP sign-ups are currently underway at all USDA Service Centers in Hawaii. Farmers and ranchers can apply for cost-sharing of many types of structural and management conservation practices, which address the following priority resource concerns identified by the State Technical Advisory Committee and the Local Work Groups:

  • Animal Waste Management
  • Sedimentation of Surface Waters
  • Noxious Weeds
  • Insufficient Water Supply for Livestock or Irrigation
  • Excess Surface Runoff or Flooding

EQIP may pay up to 75 percent of the costs of eligible conservation practices. Incentive payments may be made for a maximum of 3 years to encourage a farmer or rancher to adopt land management practices (such as nutrient management, pest management, and grazing management).

EQIP was reauthorized in the 2002 Farm Bill and is administered by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

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General Program Description Documents