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Can Avocado Peels Help Curb a Plastic Waste Problem?

Over the past two decades, the United States has been importing more and more avocados each year, underlining a growing obsession with the nutrient-dense fruit. Simultaneously, the U.S. and the rest of the world have been dealing with…

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NIFA Invests $11.6M in Projects that Promote Healthy Pollinator Populations (A1113)

NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), Pollinator Health: Research and Application (A1113) program supports single-function (research, Extension or education) and integrated (research and Extension) projects that…

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NIFA Invests $3.4 Million to Provide Farmers Greater Access to Plant Cultivars (A1143)

The Conventional Plant Breeding for Cultivar Development program within the https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/agriculture-food-research-ini… and Food Research Initiative supports public breeding efforts that provide farmers…

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USDA Grows Private Sector Tech Innovation in Food and Agriculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an investment of over $12.5 million as part of the USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The Phase I awards will…

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IR-4 Petition Yields First Conventional Pesticide Tolerance for Hemp

Hemp growers seeking more pest management tools now have a conventional pesticide tolerance for hemp seed as a result of work by the Minor Crop Management Program Interregional Research Project #4, or the IR-4 Project, which is funded…

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GusNIP Efforts Impacting Rural Communities – and Economies

After the deaths of both her husband and daughter, Teresa found herself the legal guardian of her 12-year-old grandson – essentially becoming a single mother in her 70s. The Putnam County, West Virginia, resident had to give up her…

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NIFA Invests $15 Million in Research and Extension Learning Experiences for Undergraduates (A7401)

The Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative’s https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/agriculture-food-research-ini… and Workforce Development…

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NIFA Invests $7 Million to Reduce Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance Across the Food Chain (A1366)

The Mitigating Antimicrobial Resistance Across the Food Chain program area priority in the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative is a systems-based, integrated program that empowers interdisciplinary teams to develop, refine and…

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NIFA Invests $11 Million to Improve Food Safety and Defense (A1332)

The Food Safety and Defense program area priority within the https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/agriculture-food-research-ini… and Food Research Initiative funds basic and applied research to reduce the risk of intentional or…

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Smart Water Management 

Today, agricultural engineering includes the wide range of technologies and disciplines that must be employed to meet the challenges of a new century. A hundred years ago, agricultural engineers were developing and refining the…

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Alert: Stakeholders in Hawaii Encouraged to Contact NIFA Staff if Unable to Meet Deadlines

What NIFA is DoingNIFA asks any stakeholders affected by the recent tragic wildfires in Hawaii to reach out to our staff if your ability to meet a NIFA deadline is impacted. Deadlines may include items such as program reports,…

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NIFA, National Agricultural Library Partner to Present Transdisciplinary Approaches Webinar Series

Join USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for a webinar series highlighting opportunities and challenges of transdisciplinary approaches within agricultural research.

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Land-grant Universities Improve Local Food Security

Food security impacts individuals, as well as the health of entire communities.

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USDA NIFA Invests in Education at Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions

To support education and preparation of the next generation of agriculture leaders, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced an investment of nearly $3 million to…

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NIFA Invests $300,000 in Rapid Response to Extreme Weather Events (A1712)

NIFA has funded — through the https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/agriculture-food-research-ini… Response to Extreme Weather Events Across Food and Agriculture Systems program — a Louisiana State University project related to a…

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NIFA Invests $7.1 Million in Critical Agricultural Research and Extension (A1701)

The Critical Agricultural Research and Extension program area priority within the https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/agriculture-food-research-ini… and Food Research Initiative supports projects that involve high-quality…

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Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Finding New Ways to Reach Audience

For more than 50 years, the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) has reached more than 34 million low-income families and youth develop knowledge, skills, attitudes and changed behaviors necessary for nutritionally…

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Reimagining Resilient Agri-food Supply Chains

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting supply chain disruptions revealed the challenges of a national food system that depends on production concentrated in a few geographic areas and requires many steps to get from farm to fork. …

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National Intern Day: Preparing Tomorrow’s Workforce

National Intern Day occurs annually on the last Thursday in July to celebrate and recognize the hard work of interns. USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) funds the following grants and scholarships opportunities to…

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NIFA Invests $13.7 Million to Develop New Food and Ag Scientists (AFRI A7101)

The Predoctoral Fellowships (A7101) program area priority in the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative’s https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/agriculture-food-research-ini… and Workforce Development program area helps to…

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NIFA Invests $23 Million to Improve Human Health Through Food (AFRI A1343)

The Food and Human Health (A1343) program area priority within NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative supports projects that investigate the interrelationships of foods, or components of foods, and their impact on the gut…

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UC Davis Releases 5 Strawberry Varieties Resistant to Deadly Fungal Disease

The University of California, Davis, has released five new strawberry varieties that are resistant to the soilborne disease Fusarium wilt, have high yields and improved fruit quality. The breeding research was supported by a $6.2…

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