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Factsheets
4-H Opportunties for Young Adults
There are numerous opportunities for young adults to engage with the 4-H program. From older teens to the twenty-somethings, there is an amazing experience waiting to be undertaken. This fact sheet provides a few examples.
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Engaging Young Adults
The main themes for engaging young adults are framed around generational characteristics, participation and generating interest. The summary of strategies and techniques is followed by the annotated literature review from which content…
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CGIAR Collaboration
This exchange of letters between NIFA and CGIAR promotes international collaboration between NIFA-funded researchers and researchers at CGIAR’s 15 centers.
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NIFA Listens Fact Sheet
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is soliciting stakeholder input on the emerging needs and opportunities in food and agricultural sciences. Through this initiative, “NIFA…
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Meat and Poultry Factsheets
These factsheets and resources provide information about meat and poultry food safety.
Instructions
Meat and Poultry Curricula
These instructions provide a guideline to teach consumers about food safety issues in Meat and Poultry.
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Foodborne Viruses on Various Foods Curricula
These instructions provide a guideline to teach consumers about food safety issues related to foodborne viruses on various foods.
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Foodborne Viruses on Various Foods Factsheets
These instructions provide a guideline to teach consumers about food safety issues related to foodborne viruses on various foods.
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Produce and Nuts Factsheets
These factsheets provide information about produce and nut food safety.
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Produce and Nuts Curricula
These instructions provide a guideline to teach consumers about food safety issues related to produce and nuts
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Time and Effort Reporting - OMB Standards
This Fact Sheet focuses on frequent areas of concern around documentation requirements for Compensation - Personnel Services (time and effort reporting), including documentation of personnel expenses, reconciliation of estimates,…
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Meat Traceability Factsheets
These factsheets provide information about meat traceability efforts and make up the publication of the National Whole Chain Traceability Institute. Funding Agency: USDA National Integrated Food Safety Initiative – Project…
Instructions
Leading Transdisciplinary Projects Resources
This guidance reflects the experiences and perspectives of many successful project directors; experience built on vision and high hopes, mistakes, false starts, and dead ends. Each project is unique, and authors acknowledge no one…
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SF-425 in ezFedGrants Frequently Asked Questions
Beginning October 1, 2017, all NIFA capacity programs require an SF-425 report to be submitted through the ezFedGrants system. These are some frequently asked questions and their answers. SF-425 Financial Report Submission in…
Videos
Leading Large Transdisciplinary Projects: Insights from the Authors
The authors of the Leading Large Transdisciplinary Projects Addressing Social-Ecological Systems primer provide insights on developing, managing, and completing large social-ecological systems projects. The videos present lessons…
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Advancing U.S. Agriculture Through Global Engagement
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grantees are including international activities as an effective way to help achieve research, education, and extension objectives important to U.S. agriculture. The NIFA-funded projects…
Instructions
Adult Development and Aging Workgroup
The Adult Development and Aging Workgroup (ADAW) was established in January 2017 to inform, assess and address the existing and emerging needs and priorities of Older Americans and aging farmers, and to strategically position extension…
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7 CFR 3419 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
On November 13, 2017, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for 7 CFR 3419 - Matching Funds Requirements for Agricultural Research and…
Instructions
Level 2 eAuthentication Instructions
This document provides instructions for grant recipients to obtain access to the ezFedGrants external portal for the purpose of managing grants they receive from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) or other USDA…
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Continuation Awards FAQs
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is implementing a new process to simplify the time and effort required to apply for a continuation award. NIFA staff implemented the change using a Continuous Process Improvement …
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VMLRP Shortage Situation Nomination Allocation
The Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) allows each state to nominate a set number of Veterinarian Shortage Situations each fiscal year. The VMLRP Maximum Nomination Allocation table contains the maximum number of…
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AFRI International Partnerships
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) supports global engagement that advances U.S. agriculture. In an increasingly interconnected world, NIFA recognizes that collaboration with international partners through the…
Instructions
USDA Civil Rights Policy Statement (May 22, 2020)
USDA Civil Rights Policy Statement (May 22, 2020), Signed by Secretary Sonny Perdue.