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IIC Announces $1 Million for New Research to Advance Irrigation Management

Kirchner Food Fellowship HBCU 2022-23 Cohort

Year Awarded  2022

Location   Jacksonville, FL & Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   The Kirchner Impact Foundation

The Kirchner Food Fellowship, an initiative of the Kirchner Impact Foundation, announced the fellows for the second Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) cohort. As a pioneering program in developing the next generation of venture capital in food and agriculture, the program launched the dedicated HBCU cohort to help address the lack of diversity within the venture capital sector.

Kirchner Food Fellowship Announces Second HBCU Cohort

FFAR Prize to Revolutionize Egg Production, Improve Animal Welfare

FFAR & Walton Family Foundation Seek Conservation Practice Adoption Research

ICASA Seeks Research to Examine and Treat Liver Abscesses in Beef Cattle

Grant Quantifies Farm Risk Mitigation Through Improved Soil Health

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $715,611

Total award amount   $1,449,610

Location   Grass Valley, CA

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Paul and June Rossetti Foundation, Mighty Arrow Family Foundation, J.M. Kaplan Fund, Great Island Foundation and Records-Johnston Family Foundation

Grantee Institution   Land Core

This research is generating an unprecedented market-based, actuarially-sound model to quantify farm risk mitigation through the adoption of good soil health practices. The model will provide agricultural lenders and insurers who price risk an economic rational to factor in incentives such as better terms or lower loan rates and insurance prices to producers adopting good soil health practices.

Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) Grazing Research in the U.S. Northern Great Plains

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $1,550,000

Total award amount   $3,100,000

Location   Tempe, AZ

Matching Funders   McDonald's USA

Grantee Institution   Arizona State

Researchers are investigating whether Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) grazing, in relation to widespread continuous grazing practices, contributes to measurable differences in overall soil health, environmental sustainability and farmer profitability within the U.S. Northern Great Plains.

National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research: David Lobell

Year Awarded  2022

Total award amount   $100,000

Location   Stanford, CA

Matching Funders   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Grantee Institution   Stanford University

Dr. David Lobell was awarded the 2022 National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research for his groundbreaking work advancing the world’s understanding of the effects of climate variability and change on global crop productivity.

Building a Common Language for Antimicrobial Resistance Between Human & Animal Health

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $216,724

Total award amount   $433,449

Location   Ames, IA

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Merck MSD

Grantee Institution   Iowa State University

To strengthen antimicrobial stewardship within livestock veterinary medicine this research aims to develop a standard method of collecting, reporting and sharing multispecies antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) results for use in human and animal health industries.

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