In July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced nine grants totaling more than $8 million to study and develop new approaches for the agriculture sector to adapt to and mitigate the effects of changing environmental conditions. The funding is made possible through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research […]
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New NIFA Study Shows Funding to Land-Grants is a Valued Investment to States
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) released a new report that measured the effectiveness of NIFA’s investments to our nation’s land-grant universities — investments that benefit the American public through agriculture and food research, extension, and education projects. A key component of this federal funding has been Capacity […]
Role of land-grant universities in food and ag research is talk topic
Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy, director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)..explores the role of land-grant universities and the NIFA in addressing global challenges…As a scientist and department head, he has received a number of awards a…
