Project Grant AID615F1600001

This $225,000 Project Grant was awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant funds a 2-year research project at Colorado State University focused on understanding how integrated crop-livestock (ICL) farming systems and other sustainable agricultural practices impact soil health. Through field and greenhouse experiments, the project will investigate the roles of soil organisms, such as...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) is providing $300,000 to Georgia Tech Research Corporation to advance innovations in digital agriculture and optimization through an international research network. The "AI4OPT-AG" project will leverage controlled-environment agriculture and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and advanced data analytics to enhance global food...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $124,324 cooperative agreement to the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF Global) to fund international collaborative research projects and related scientific activities under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program. Through December 2022, CRDF Global will utilize the award to support the implementation of research projects and workshops through their Global Solutions - Impact...

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Zimbabwe office under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The funding supports ICRISAT's research on the impact of different agricultural technologies on soil fertility and crop yields in Zimbabwe over a 2-year period from July 2023 to July 2025. As part of this project, ICRISAT...

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $745,200 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) to the Board Of Regents Of The Nevada System Of Higher ED, doing business as the University Of Nevada, Reno. This grant aims to develop an open-source, site-specific irrigation decision support system (DSS) to help farmers in the western U.S. more effectively manage deficit irrigation for crops like alfalfa, corn, and...

The University of California, Riverside received a $180,000 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The three-year award will support research examining the genetic regulatory networks controlling the development of suberized transport barriers in rice root cells, which show plasticity in response to water stress. Understanding these networks...

This Project Grant award of $193,644.50 was provided by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Integrated Programs (CFDA 10.303), specifically the Organic Transitions (ORG) and Methyl Bromide Transition Program (MBT). The purpose of the grant is to support integrated research, education, and extension activities focused on advancing organic agriculture and developing alternatives to methyl bromide fumigation. The award will fund the Western Rural Development...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $495,704 Project Grant to Cornell University under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The grant will support Cornell's efforts to address critical workforce needs in agricultural plant sciences for the digital era. Specifically, the university will develop training programs to enhance students' and educators' agricultural literacy and ability to effectively apply advances...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) provides $750,000 to Colorado State University (CSU) to establish an IPM-centric engaged scholarship experience. The goal is to immerse students in basic and applied research with direct applications to crop protection and sustainability of natural systems. The 5-year program will provide...

The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded $700,000 under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside for a project grant titled "Developing RNA-based strategies to control fungal diseases on pre- and post-harvesting plants." The project aims to identify key fungal virulence genes in economically important pathogens Botrytis cinerea, Aspergillus niger, and...