This $649,998 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program (CFDA 10.212) will fund Global Neighbor Inc.'s development of a novel Directed Energy Seed Priming (DESP) system. The key objectives are to finalize the DESP design, validate it through on-farm field trials, prepare for commercial launch, and disseminate findings within the agricultural community. DESP aims to provide an efficient and cost-effective on-planter seed priming solution that can increase crop yields by 5-10% on current farmland, enhancing food security and sustainability. This builds on Global Neighbor's previous SBIR/STTR awards for agricultural innovations like a Weed Seed Destroyer product. The project will establish the foundation for continued DESP commercialization through private funding.
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