TOP PRIORITIES
- Create global food security through research, education, and extension
- Advance America’s global preeminence in food and agricultural sciences
- Develop and evaluate NIFA’s strategic plan and portfolio
- Formulate the agency budget and distribute funds to programs
- Ensure that the agency and grant recipients are compliant with federal nondiscrimination laws
Dr. Dionne Toombs is currently the Acting Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) – U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) extramural grant funding agency for agricultural research, education, and Extension programs across the nation.
TOP PRIORITIES
- Create global food security through research, education, and extension
- Advance America’s global preeminence in food and agricultural sciences
- Develop and evaluate NIFA’s strategic plan and portfolio
- Formulate the agency budget and distribute funds to programs
- Ensure that the agency and grant recipients are compliant with federal nondiscrimination laws