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USDA Announces $6.3 Million
in Available Funding on Resilient Agroecosystems
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 18, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
(USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $6.3 million in available funding for projects
to support resilient agriculture and forestry production systems. Funding is
made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food
Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. Read the full press release at the NIFA website.
USDA Announces $9.6 Million in Available
Funding to Grow the Bioeconomy
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 18, 2017 –
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and
Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $9.6 million in available funding for
projects to support the development of new biobased products and biomaterials
from renewable sources such as crops, trees, and waste materials from farmland
and forests. Funding is made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research
Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. Read the full press release at the NIFA website.
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