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Groundwater Fluctuations Impact Grain Yields 

Breakthrough for FFAR Awards $2.4 Million to Eight Early-Career Research Faculty Members for Innovative Research Projects

Increasing total protein content in pea using large-scale phenotyping and targeted breeding with genomic selection 

Year Awarded  2021

FFAR award amount   $1,012,500

Total award amount   $1,200,000

Location   Fargo, ND

Program   Plant Protein Enhancement Project

Matching Funders   Benson Hill, Keygene, Syngenta, North Dakota State University, Open Philanthropy

Grantee Institution   North Dakota State University

Peas are a popular source of plant protein, their production has a limited environmental footprint and they are economically beneficial for farmers. Although breeding efforts are partially focused on improving the nutritional content of peas, this gain is not happening fast enough to meet growing demand. North Dakota State University researchers are building genomic resources, breeding models and tools for improving total protein content in peas.

FFAR Grant Enhances Protein Content in Peas 

FFAR Grant Quantifies Organic Carbon to Improve Agricultural Productivity 

FFAR Announces 26 Awardees of FFAR Fellows Program 

Expanding Gene
Editing Communications
 

FFAR Grant Supports Climate Smart Beef and Dairy Production 

FFAR Grant Improves Chickpeas’ Protein Content & Quality 

Fast Tracking Climate Solutions from Global Germplasm Banks 

Year Awarded  2021

FFAR award amount   $5,000,000

Total award amount   $11,500,000

Location   Texcoco, Mexico

Matching Funders   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Grantee Institution   CGIAR

The most dangerous impact of climate change is the disruption of global agriculture and food systems through disasters such as drought, heat and flooding. These disruptions, including decreased agricultural production and reduced harvests, are hardest on the approximately half a billion smallholder farmers living on less than two dollars a day. This initiative, led by CGIAR, advances transformative approaches to expand the use of genetic diversity from germplasm banks. The research ultimately aims to develop new climate-smart crop varieties for millions of smallholder farmers worldwide.

Kirchner Food Fellowship Inaugural HBCU Cohort (2021-22) 

Year Awarded  2021

FFAR award amount   $75,000

Total award amount   $273,000

Location   Jacksonville, FL & Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   The Kirchner Impact Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and Burroughs-Wellcome Fund

The Kirchner Fellowship HBCU cohort is part of a $1 million five-year collaboration between the Kirchner Impact Foundation and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research to increase diversity within the venture capital industry by training HBCU students to become agriculture technology venture capitalists. Kirchner HBCU fellows invest capital in early-stage food and agriculture companies applying ground-breaking technologies to provide sustainable solutions to address global food challenges.