This $799,923 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund research into the relationship between trade policy and large-scale international land acquisitions for agriculture. Specifically, the awardee San Diego State University Research Foundation will estimate the causal effects of trade liberalization, in the form of regional...
This $800,000 project grant was awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) CFDA Program 10.310. The project seeks to assess the resilience of the supply chain systems for corn and soybeans, evaluate the impacts of extreme and prolonged droughts on transportation, trade, food security, and farm income in the Mississippi River Basin region. The research will provide critical insights to inform federal policies that...
The Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $529,099 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program to the Louisiana State University (LSU) Agricultural Center. This three-year research project, beginning on September 1, 2023, will examine the interaction between economic diplomacy, trade disputes, and U.S. agricultural and food (agri-food) trade. The project will employ international political economy theories to...
This Project Grant award of $800,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program and is scheduled to run from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2028. The overarching goal of the research project is to assess the economic impacts of regulations for genetically modified (GM) organisms across four key areas: technology adoption and agricultural productivity, the determinants of GM regulations, the effects on international...
This $800,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The project aims to identify the key factors driving recent sharp increases in U.S. food prices, including disruptions in supply chains and changes in consumer demand. The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. will lead the project, which will involve collecting detailed food price data...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $429,812.00, was granted by the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service to North Dakota State University to support the "Agricultural Data Security to Enable Precision, Data-Driven Management" project under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001). The project aims to conduct comprehensive scientific research and development initiatives across diverse agricultural domains, with a focus...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.210 - Higher Education National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grants) provides $262,500 in funding to North Dakota State University (NDSU) over 5 years, starting November 15, 2023. The purpose of the grant is to establish a new Master of Science program in Agribusiness and Data Analytics at NDSU. Through this program, the university will train a diverse group of graduate...
This three-year, $649,998 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (CFDA 10.310) supports research and modeling to develop a more data-driven framework for evaluating interventions aimed at mitigating tradeoffs between resilience and sustainability in the US animal protein food system. Colorado State University is the primary awardee and will work with sub-awardees...
This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) provides $598,973 to Colorado State University under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive federal grants program (AFRI; CFDA 10.310) from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026. The funding will support research measuring the effects of changes in foreign tariffs and non-tariff measures on U.S. crops, livestock, and non-farm goods on rural employment and wages....
North Dakota State University (NDSU) was awarded a $590,397 Project Grant under the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program. The grant supports the development of a cooperative, unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) system equipped with advanced computer vision technology to accurately identify and precisely treat weed patches in agricultural fields. NDSU's interdisciplinary team, including experts in weed science, autonomous vehicle engineering, and AI, is collaborating with...