Join NIFA staff on March 17 at 2 p.m.ET (1 p.m. CT) for an RFA technical assistance Q&A webinar about the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network (FADI-EDEN) program. A pre-recorded video is available to applicants on the funding opportunity listing; applicants are highly encouraged to watch the pre-recorded video prior to this RFA technical assistance live Q&A webinar. During this RFA technical assistance live Q&A webinar, NIFA staff will briefly highlight the program and then will spend the remainder of time answering participants’ questions.
The goal of the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network (FADI-EDEN) program is to maximize the resilience of the U.S. food and agriculture sector to biosecurity risks, extreme weather events and disasters, cyber threats, and other shocks. It is necessary to mitigate threats to sustain the overall competitiveness of U.S. agriculture to maintain an abundant food supply for people and livestock, to support the farmers, ranchers and workers who drive the U.S. food and agriculture sector, and to sustain the vitality of rural communities, rural and urban agriculture infrastructure, and agricultural businesses.
For more information please visit the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative Extension Disaster Education Network funding opportunity page.
Program Contacts: Ashley Mueller at Ashley.Mueller@usda.gov; Deborah Reyome at Deborah.Reyome@usda.gov
Reasonable Accommodation Statement: If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this webinar, please contact Program Specialist Deborah Reyome at Deborah.Reyome@usda.gov no later than March 10. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request.