In May 2022, the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture outlined an ambitious action agenda for how the agency would address the climate crisis.
More than two years on, a new report outlines the various initiatives NIFA has since undertaken to advance climate-related research, strengthen food supply chains and support communities responding to climate challenges.
The NIFA Climate Change Priority Team: Accomplishments and Action Agenda Report highlights the agency’s progress over the last two years on the 44 unique actions outlined in the NIFA Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan. These concrete, near-term actions — developed through several rounds of staff and external stakeholder input — were identified to reflect a coordinated, collaborative response to the vulnerabilities and impacts caused by our changing climate.
This report provides descriptions and overviews of NIFA’s accomplishments to date in the following categories:
- climate change programming
- strategic planning
- organizational effectiveness
- stakeholder outreach and engagement.
It highlights NIFA’s broad climate change-relevant funding opportunities, exciting projects spearheaded by our partners and stakeholders, actions NIFA has taken to support staff and grantees, and where we plan to go next.