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FFAR and Native American Agriculture Fund Announce 2022 Cohort of Tribal Agriculture Fellows 

Identifying Gaps in Phytobiomes Research Convening Event 

Convening Event Denver, CO

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PIP Indoor Tomato Farming Project 

Year Awarded  2022

Total award amount   $2,112,454

Location   Gainesville, FL

Matching Funders   AeroFarms, BASF, Fluence by OSRAM, GreenVenus, Priva

Grantee Institution   University of Florida

Controlled environment agriculture is a promising opportunity to sustain and develop our food systems despite climate change. Yet, there is still limited knowledge of the conditions popular crops need to thrive indoors. Controlled environment agriculture’s potential is also hampered by scientists’ lack of understanding of genetic advantages that can smooth a crop’s transition to indoor farming. University of Florida researchers are defining and enhancing the physical and genetic traits in tomatoes that affect flavor and that can make them suitable for controlled environments.

FFAR Board of Directors Public Conversation 2022 

Public Conversation Washington, DC

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FFAR-OCP Disruptive Fertilizer Technology Fellowship First Cohort 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $250,000

Total award amount   $500,000

Location   Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   OCP North America

The FFAR-OCP Disruptive Fertilizer Technology Fellows Program fosters disruptive innovation in the next generation of fertilizer research and development through a research challenge, whereby emerging young researchers can enhance their efforts in fertilizer efficiency research and technology development. These research projects address the need for increasing plant uptake of essential macronutrients and limiting the loss of inputs – which contribute largely to water and marine ecosystem damage – while boosting productivity.

FFAR-Funded Periodic Table of Food Initiative to Standardize Food Analysis 

Ohio State University Study Examines Soil Organic Carbon-Enhancing Practices 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $5,000,000

Total award amount   $15,000,000

Location   Columbus, OH

Program   AgMission

Matching Funders   Bayer U.S. – Crop Science, Corteva, Cotton Incorporated, FONTAGRO, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Kansas Corn, Kansas State University, McDonald’s Corporation, Michigan State University, Microsoft, National Sorghum Producers, The Nature Conservancy, Ohio Corn & Wheat, Ohio Soybean Council, Ohio State University, PepsiCo, Sandia National Laboratories, United Sorghum Checkoff, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Utah Department of Agriculture & Food, Utah State University

Grantee Institution   Ohio State University

Carbon farming optimizes carbon capture by implementing practices that are known to improve the rate at which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and stored in plant material or soil organic matter. To fill research gaps in soil sequestration practices, Ohio State University researchers are studying the potential of soil management practices to mitigate climate change.

Enabling African Scientists: The African Plant Breeding Academy CRISPR Course 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $1,000,000

Total award amount   $1,999,998

Location   Davis, CA

Matching Funders   Bayer Crop Sciences, Syngenta Seeds, LLC

Grantee Institution   University of California Davis

While Africa is abundant with crops, African farmers need crop breeding tools and training to be self-sustainable and achieve nutritional security. To advance crop breeding and mobilize innovation for regional crops, the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to create and deliver a CRISPR Course on gene editing through UC Davis’ African Plant Breeding Academy. The Course is training 80 African scientists to develop improved regional crop varieties with the characteristics required for successful crop production and nutrition.

FFAR Grant Identifies Genes Promoting Climate Resiliency in Wheat 

FFAR-Funded ESMC Launches Eco-Harvest, an Ecosystem Services Market Program