Cooperative Agreement NR221535XXXXC002

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service awarded a $225,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001) to Technology Matters (TECH Matters), a nonprofit strategic technology organization. The funding supports the development of technologies for sustainable land management, monitoring, and research over the period of Aug 15, 2023 to Mar 31, 2027. Key project activities include developing sustainable...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025), provides $103,773.00 to Purdue University to improve training resources for Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) technicians and seasonal workers. The award supports the following key activities and deliverables: Creation of video and text-based...

This $142,914 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329) will support the Agricultural Extension Service in Puerto Rico to enhance collaboration between Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to address the needs of smallholder farmers. The project aims to develop and deliver integrated pest management (IPM) strategies, training, and educational resources to...

This $150,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program supports an interdisciplinary research and extension project at Florida A&M University (FAMU). The project aims to develop and implement integrated pest management (IPM) strategies targeting six priority areas: 1) IPM for specialty crops, 2) IPM for communities, 3) IPM for pollinator health, 4) IPM for pesticide...

The Regents of the University of California at Riverside will provide research services under a $160,000 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. The award's project period is from April 1, 2021 through October 1, 2024. Under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001), the University will conduct research related to "Digital and Precision Agriculture for Sustainable Water and Salinity...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $2,910,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) will fund the "Master Irrigator and TAPS Education and Outreach" project. The primary awardee, Colorado State University, will partner with Kansas State University and Oklahoma State University to deliver the following key products and services: Kansas State University will host TAPS (Technology-Assisted Production Systems) farm management...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation provides $491,803 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to explore using soil color as a low-cost tool for simultaneously monitoring soil organic matter amount and physicochemical characteristics. The project aims to support sustainable agriculture practices and natural resource conservation...

The purpose of this $127,240 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) is to conduct outreach and education for county emergency management agencies on state animal disease response plans. The key activities include: Delivering presentations at multiple regional emergency management meetings and the annual state emergency...

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $112,533.00, is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The primary purpose of this agreement is to enhance the bio-indexing processes used to exclude pathogens from the production of germplasm source trees utilized by citrus nurseries. The project focuses on optimizing the growth conditions...

The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service awarded a $277,046 cooperative agreement to Fort Valley State University from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022 under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The agreement supports ANIMAL HEALTH TECHNICAL SERVICES INITIATIVE - FY21 ANIMAL DIEASE TRACEABILITY (ADT) ACTIVITIES to protect U.S. agriculture from economically injurious plant and animal diseases and pests....