This $800,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture will fund research at North Dakota State University under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program. The research will generate new knowledge and quantitative evidence on the global implications of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict for agricultural trade, commodity prices, investment, and food security. Researchers will analyze trade and...
This $10 million project grant from the US Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA #10.310), will fund research, education, and extension activities to build resilience in local and regional food systems in the Midwest region against multiple concurrent shocks such as pandemics, climate events, and foodborne pathogens. Michigan State University is the primary awardee and will collaborate...
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...
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) within the United States Department of Agriculture awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) federal grant program to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU Agricultural Center) on April 1, 2023 with a projected completion date of March 31, 2027. The grant aims to develop climate-resilient innovations to sustainably produce rice in the southern U.S. through a multi-state,...
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 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 $299,616 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, CFDA 10.310, aims to develop a comprehensive life-cycle sustainability assessment framework to evaluate the environmental, economic, and societal impacts of plant-based food systems. The project, awarded to North Carolina State University, will provide guidance on the overall sustainability of plant-based foods and prioritize research efforts for further...
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...
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...
Arizona State University was awarded a three-year $650,000 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program (AFRI, CFDA No. 10.310). The grant will fund research to identify points of failure in food supply chains and experiment with solutions using simulation modeling to respond to disruptions. Researchers will investigate how transitioning to online...