THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO (1) ESTABLISH THREE FUNCTIONING AGRIVOLTAIC RESEARCH ZONES ACROSS A CURRENTLY EXISTING 121 MW SITE (REPRESENTING CURRENT FOOD PRODUCTION PRACTICES, NATIVE PASTURE GRASS MIXES FOR SHEEP GRAZING, AND DRYLAND-ADAPTED, CLIMATE SMART, AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION), (2) INITIALIZE A STAKEHOLDER-INFORMED ASSESSMENT OF BARRIERS TO AGRIVOLTAICS AND BEST STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME THOSE BARRIERS, (3) TEST IMPLEMENTATION PATHWAYS FOR AGRIVOLTAICS IN THE ARID WEST ACROSS MW-SCALE PV SITES WITH AN INDUSTRY-STANDARD DESIGN, AND (4) BUILD A TECHNOECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF AGRIVOLTAIC OPPORTUNITIES UNDER DIFFERENT PV DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS IN THE SOUTHWEST. THROUGHOUT THESE EFFORTS, WE WILL CREATE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH DISADVANTAGED, UNDERREPRESENTED, AND RURAL COMMUNITIES WHERE PV DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURAL LAND-USE CONFLICTS ARE MOST PREVALENT, ENSURING THAT OUR PROJECT BENEFITS DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI). WE WILL DO THIS BY PRIORITIZING DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN RECRUITMENT FOR PROJECT PARTICIPATION, BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON CROPS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL TO THESE COMMUNITIES, AND BY CONSIDERING THEIR NEEDS AND OUTLOOK IN OUR DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES.