Project Grant 20243882142099

Award Date 5/1/24
Completion Date 4/30/27
Dollars Obligated $750K
Federal Grant Program
10.216
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA
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The key objectives of this project are to: 1) Adapt cutting-edge plant phenotyping technology for use in muscadine vineyards to expedite disease identification, 2) Establish a digital agriculture IoT pilot integrating advanced irrigation scheduling and disease sensing in muscadine vineyards, 3) Enhance curriculum and experiential learning for minority African American students in AI/ML applications for precision agriculture, and 4) Promote AI/ML technologies among underserved farmers through extension programs.

FAMU is collaborating with Purdue University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) to deliver these objectives. UNL is receiving a $150,000 sub-award to help establish the digital agriculture IoT pilot, and Purdue is receiving a $200,000 sub-award to contribute expertise on plant phenotyping technology and AI/ML models.

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