Project Grant 72048221IO00002

This $648,764 federal Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) aims to address key challenges facing the U.S. agricultural sector in the biotech crop era. The project will construct a comprehensive dataset on the seed market, productivity, innovation, pest infestation and resistance, weather and climate, and international trade, and then conduct advanced economic analysis to evaluate policy...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $200,000 Food for Progress Project Grant to Partners of the Americas, Inc. to implement agricultural development activities in developing countries. The grant, awarded on January 16, 2024, will support technical assistance, training, research, and capacity building initiatives focused on improving agricultural productivity and expanding agricultural trade. Key activities include those related to climate-smart agriculture, trade-enabling...

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...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $124,324 cooperative agreement to the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF Global) to fund international collaborative research projects and related scientific activities under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program. Through December 2022, CRDF Global will utilize the award to support the implementation of research projects and workshops through their Global Solutions - Impact...

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 $527,360 Project Grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund research to support evidence-based policymaking for agricultural water conservation. The key objectives of the 3-year project include: 1) collecting irrigation water rights and runoff data to create a geospatial database, 2) exploring the impact of water rights and supply uncertainty on...

This $2,907,825 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) aims to develop and assess agricultural management practices that can help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, improve soil health and water quality, and enhance the resilience of crop production to droughts caused by climate change. The project is a collaboration among Auburn University, New Mexico State University, and the University of Delaware, with the goal of...

This $10 million project grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA #10.310) will support the development of a cover crop seed industry through research, education, and outreach activities led by the University of Missouri from April 2023 through March 2028. Key deliverables include expanding breeding efforts to develop new cover crop varieties adapted to different regions; establishing...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to American Prime Sustainable Solutions LLC supports the development and evaluation of the Crop Ecosystem Monitoring, Analysis, and Prediction (CropMap) tool. The goal of this STTR Phase I project is to enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability by optimizing resource management and decision-making through advanced monitoring and predictive analytics of crop...

The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $650,000 Project Grant to Agrofocal Technologies, Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The funding supports the development of Agrofocal's real-time crop monitoring system that can be mounted on any vehicle to provide high-resolution, under-the-canopy images of crops. This system enables farmers to monitor crop health,...