**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE NATION'S FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEM NOW HAS TO COPE NOT ONLY WITH THE PROJECTED INCREASE IN HUMAN POPULATION AND PER CAPITA FOOD DEMAND, BUT ALSO WITH GREATER CLIMATE VARIABILITIES. EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE HAVE SO FAR FOCUSED ON THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW CROP CULTIVARS, BUT LITTLE IS KNOWN WHETHER AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES SUCH AS THE USE OF COVER CROP AND/OR NO-TILL (NT) MANAGEMENT MAY IMPROVE CROP RESILIENCE DURING THE EVENTS OF WEATHER EXTREME (I.E., DROUGHT) AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSION. THE CENTRAL TENET OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMBINING VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES ON AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION RESILIENCE AND GHG MITIGATION THOUGH FIELD OBSERVATIONS, DATA SYNTHESIS AND MODELLING. SPECIFICALLY, WE AIM TO UNDERSTAND: 1) HOW DO TILLAGE AND RESIDUE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (E.G., COVER CROP AND NT) QUANTITATIVELY AFFECT CROP YIELD RESPONSES TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY? 2) HOW RESIDUE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (WITH AND WITHOUT COVER CROPS) IN COMBINATION WITH DIFFERENT TILLAGE PRACTICES CONTRIBUTE TO GHG EMISSION IN A CHANGING CLIMATE? 3) WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON THE YIELD RESILIENCE AND GHG MITIGATION UNDER DIFFERENT FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS? AND 4) HOW TO EFFECTIVELY DISSEMINATE OUR RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES?