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284 Grants found

SKY HIGH

Irrigation Innovation Consortium Funds Seven Research Projects

FFAR Awards Cornell University a Grant to Treat Udder Infection in Dairy Cattle

ICASA Awards Grants to Develop Animal-Health Monitoring and Diagnostic Technologies 

FFAR Grant to Develop Vaccine for Tilapia Lake Virus

OFRF and FFAR Fund Research to Enhance Organic Potato Nutrition

PIP Lettuce Project

Precision Bred Adaptation of Elite Taurine Breeds of Beef and Dairy Cattle

Genome Editing Wheat for Durable and Sustainable Disease Resistance

Finding the Proper Levers: Identifying Leverage Points for Tranformation in Urban Food Systems Through Participatory Modeling

Modeling the Future of Food in Your Neighborhood

Environmental and Nutritional Benefits of Food Recovery and Redistribution: A Pilot Assessment in New York’s Capital Region

Evaluating Food Access Strategies in Austin To Improve Healthy Food Consumption and Food Security

Conservation of an Endophytic Insect-pathogenic Fungus for Plant Protection in Organic Cropping Systems.

Cover Crops for Soil Health: Demonstration of On-Farm Trial

Biosolarization: Harnessing the Sun and Organic Matterfor Weed Control

Accelerated Development of Crops of the Future

Biological Control of Cattle Fever Ticks in South Texas

Noninvasive Wellness Monitoring of Broiler Growout Using Continuous Audio Analytics

Development of an Automated Broiler Gait Score and Flock Activity Assessment System

Smart Monitoring of Broiler Welfare using Camera Technology and Machine Learning

Innovative On-Farm Broiler Welfare Assessment Using Imaging Techniques

Flockfocus – Developing Automated Surveillance Tools to Safeguard Chicken Welfare

OpticFlock: Automated Monitoring of Broiler Chicken Behavior That Prioritizes Animal Welfare

Environmental Enrichment Effects on Pig Welfare

National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research

Integrating Community and Modeling Efforts to Evaluate Impacts and Tradeoffs of Food System Interventions 2020

FFAR Grant Addressing Surface and Groundwater Pollution on Farms

FFAR Awards Grant to Reduce Water Waste in Crop Irrigation

Field-deployable biosensors for managing animal health

An Integrative Approach to Biofortification of Staple Crops

Digging deeper: Removing the barriers to soil compaction mitigation

Uncovering the Genetic Architecture of Inducible Chemical Defenses in Crop and Wild Sunflower for the Sustainable Control of Pests and Pathogens

Engineering crops for cultivation in controlled environments

Developing Novel Strategies for Improved Control and Sustainability of Grapevine Bunch Rot Management

Next-generation tools and strategies for genetic improvement of farmed oysters

Harnessing the soil microbiome to increase soil health and plant productivity

2020 FFAR Vet Fellows Program

2020 FFAR Vet Fellows Program

2020 FFAR Vet Fellows Program

2020 FFAR Vet Fellows Program

2020 FFAR Vet Fellows Program

2020 FFAR Vet Fellows Program

2020 FFAR Vet Fellows Program

2020 FFAR Vet Fellows Program

2020 FFAR Vet Fellows Program

Determining Environmental and Biological Conditions Influencing Lettuce Discoloration, Yield and Leaf Quality

Application of Homoacetogens from Marsupials for the Production of Volatile Fatty Acids and Rumen Bioaugmentation.

Computational methods to identify elemental accumulation genes

Improving yield characteristics through beneficial microbial selection in plants

Application of Homoacetogens from Marsupials for the Production of Volatile Fatty Acids and Rumen Bioaugmentation.

Improving precise genome editing systems in plants

Optimizing light parameters to increase shoot induction and elongation of transformed plants: initial studies in soybean

Integrating manure and covers crops and their impact on soil health

Identifying urban food system dimensions that foster food security resilience during a post pandemic era

Uncovering mechanistic underpinnings of regenerative farming systems on soil health

Impact of blended and structured refuge management tactics on Helicoverpa zea resistance risk implications for Bt crops

Resistance of Organically Grown Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L). Walp] to Virus Diseases

Connecting Concentrations to Curvature: How Osmotic Pressure Couples to Cell Membrane Function towards Understanding Nanoparticle Transport in Plants

A Multi-Tactic Approach for Minimizing Palmer Amaranth Seedbank Replenishment in Cotton

Characterizing grass development and physiological genetics for improved crop performance

Perennial Crops as Soil Health Agents: Assessing Novel Crops’ Belowground Ecology in Grain-Legume Biculture

Investigating the use of spray induced gene silencing to control Phytophthora infestans, causal agent of late blight

Raman spectroscopy for non-invasive detection of biotic and abiotic stresses in plants

Understanding the Fundamental Mechanical Properties Governing the Flow of Lignocellulosic Biomass Particulates

Potential applications of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) digestate as an amendment in horticultural food crop production

Improving the understanding the fatty acid requirements of dairy cows and how to optimally meet it

Characterizing and comparing small intestine, cecal and fecal microbiome of feral and domestic pigs for use in determination of potential probiotic candidates

Effects of preovulatory sex-steroids in embryo receptivity and fertility in beef cows

Genetic and microbial determinants of nitrogen fixation in a Sierra Mixe landrace of maize

FFAR and NYSTAR Grant Helps RIT Examine Degradable Mulching Films

Growing Policy From The Ground Up: Building, Deploying, and Testing Networks to Strengthen Urban Food Systems

Increasing wheat nutritional value through changes in resistant starch composition

Precision Irrigation Scheduling for Specialty Crops

Computer vision models to detect lameness associated digital dermatitis lesions on commercial dairy farms

Implementing nanoparticle diagnostics to improve poultry health

Fungi for improving crop production and quality: Optimizing the use of AMF in agriculture

Profiling and molecular characterization of differential expressed genes for drought tolerance and cowpea mosaic disease in Cowpeas [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp]

Surveying natural genetic variation to assess existing pest and pathogen resistance in Silphium integrifolium

Optimizing photoprotection and water use efficiency in crop plants by fine-tuning non-photochemical quenching

How Is the Shoot Apical Meristem Organized and Maintained in Zea mays?

Investigation of Pain, Stress and Animal Welfare in Beef Cattle

Managing for soil health: targets and potential in almond orchards

The effect of probiotic and prebiotic consumption on the gastrointestinal microbiota in healthy adults

Characterization of mutations in the Arabioxylan biosynthesis pathway in maize and effects on the human gut microbiome

Targeted Responsive Nanoparticle-Mediated Biomolecule Delivery for Plant Genetic Engineering

Modifying plant-microbial interactions with high carbon soil amendments as a weed management strategy

Predicting male turkey performance with gut health data and cecum microbiome data using machine learning

Perceived roles, responsibilities, and environments in urban food systems

Understanding and managing the devastating late-season bunch rots of grape

Optimizing postruminal amino acid supply to the lactating dairy cow

Identification of effector genes for the spinach Fusarium wilt pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. spinaciae

Advancing Apple Production Systems to Boost Health-Promoting Phytochemicals in Fruit

Exploring Plant-Microbiome-Environment Interactions Towards Tailoring Plant Disease Management

Vulnerabilities of Snowmelt-Dependent Irrigated Agriculture

A Multi-scalar, Multi-objective Approach to Sustainable Water Management within Agricultural Systems

Metagenomic Probes for the Rapid Identification of the Microbiome Community in A Wheat Rhizospheremodel System

A Systematic Approach to Improve Heifer Selection and the Sustainability of Beef Production.

Improving the Nutritional Quality of Tomatoes

Harnessing Multi-Trophic Chemical Ecology to Obtain Sustainable Pest Control and Improved Soil Health

Kirchner Food Fellowship

FFAR Fellows 2019 Cohort

Tools to Detect and Understand Spread of African Swine Fever Virus

Age Susceptibility and Lateral Transmission of Turkey Arthritis Reovirus

A Microchip-based Chemical Sensor For Early-Stage in Ovo Sex Determination of Layer Chicks

En-ovo Sex Determination By Fiber Optic Volatiles Analysis and Machine Learning

Innovative Techniques for Fast in Ovo Sexing in Poultry By Detection of Gender Specific Volatiles

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SKY HIGH

FFAR award amount   $1,061,576

Year Awarded   2021

Total award amount   $6,630,342

Location   Washington, DC

Matching Funders   Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions, Bayer, Bosman Van Zaal, Certhon, Dutch Research Council (NWO), Fresh Forward, Grodan, GrowX, Own Greens, Priva, Signify, Solynta, Unilever, Van Bergen Kolpa Architects

Vertical farming provides greater control of climate and nutrition conditions than outdoor or greenhouse facilities. Crops grown in vertical farming environments have the potential for enhanced nutritional value, longer shelf life, better taste and a shorter supply chain – plus they require little water and do not need pesticides. Yet, there are few researchers adapting crops to make them economical and sustainable in these production systems. SKY HIGH: Vertical Farming, a revolution in plant production, is a program to advance vertical farming by researching plant genetics and indoor growing conditions that help crops thrive and enhance desired qualities.

Irrigation Innovation Consortium Funds Seven Research Projects

FFAR award amount   $533,126

Year Awarded   2021

Total award amount   $1,512,550

Location   Fort Collins, Colorado

Matching Funders   The consortium, which is headquartered at Colorado State University, includes four other U.S. land-grant universities: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kansas State University, Texas A&M University and California State University-Fresno. The consortium’s founding and sustaining industry partners are: FFAR, Aqua Engineering, Irrigation Association, JAIN Irrigation, LI-COR, Lindsay Corporation, Northern Water, Valmont, Hunter Industries, Toro, Rubicon, Colorado Corn Growers Association and Senniger Irrigation Inc.

As freshwater resources become ever more precious, research in irrigation technology is critically needed to maximize efficiency. Water use efficiency is necessary to ensure resiliency in agricultural and landscape systems. The Irrigation Innovation Consortium is awarding seven grants tat enable industry and the public sector co-develop, test, prototype and improve equipment, technology and decision-support systems. 

FFAR Awards Cornell University a Grant to Treat Udder Infection in Dairy Cattle

FFAR award amount   $642,202

Year Awarded   2021

Total award amount   $14,000,000

Location   Ithaca, NY

Matching Funders   New York Farm Viability Institute, Elanco

Program   Seeding Solutions

Mastitis, a common and costly udder infection in dairy cattle is a major economic problem for dairy farmers. Cornell University researchers are exploring compounds secreted by stem cells as a potential therapy for mastitis.

ICASA Awards Grants to Develop Animal-Health Monitoring and Diagnostic Technologies 

FFAR award amount   $75,000,000

Year Awarded   2021

Total award amount   $15,000,000

Location   Washington, DC

The International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA), a public-private partnership established by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) to advance research on antimicrobial stewardship in animal agriculture, awarded grants to four organizations for research supporting the development of animal-health monitoring and diagnostic technologies.  

Open Technology Ecosystem for Agricultural Management (OpenTEAM)

FFAR award amount   $5,000,000

Year Awarded   2021

Total award amount   $10,000,000

Location   Freeport, Maine

Matching Funders   The Stonyfield Foundation and Stonyfield Organic

FFAR Grant to Develop Vaccine for Tilapia Lake Virus

FFAR award amount   $790,326

Year Awarded   2021

Total award amount   $1,830,312

Location   Gainesville, FL

Matching Funders   Curtiss Healthcare

Program   Seeding Solutions

Tilapia provides protein for billions of people each year. These fish are under threat from tilapia lake virus, a highly contagious virus that causes high mortality rates among tilapia and poses a global threat to food security. University of Florida researchers are developing a vaccine delivery system that will prevent the spread of tilapia lake virus and other diseases in the aquaculture industry.

Developing Public School Curricula and Training High School Students and Teachers as Ambassadors for Pollinator Protection

FFAR award amount   $297,499

Year Awarded   2021

Total award amount   $594,998

Matching Funders   Purdue University

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Purdue University’s Entomology Department is developing a public-school curriculum that uses digital badges to encourage students to create community-driven pollinator protection movements.

Invasive Weeds, Fire, and Livestock Grazing

FFAR award amount   $321,127

Year Awarded   2021

Total award amount   $643,447

Matching Funders   Oregon State University, The Nature Conservancy

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Oregon State University is examining how livestock grazing, invasive species and fires used to control those invasions influence native bee health.

Impact of Prairie on Reducing Interacting Stressors on Pollinator Health

FFAR award amount   $503,028

Year Awarded   2021

Total award amount   $1,006,343

Matching Funders   Bayer CropScience LP, DuPont Pioneer, Iowa State University Foundation, Syngenta LLC, Syngenta Crop Protection Inc., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iowa State University

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Iowa State University is studying bee and monarch butterfly populations to assess whether prairie strips in crop fields impact honey bee health and native pollinator abundance and diversity.

The Effect of Farm Management and Floral Foraging Traits on Exposure of Crop Pollinators to The Multiple Interacting Stressors of Pesticides, Parasites and Inadequate Nutrition

FFAR award amount   $490,356

Year Awarded   2021

Total award amount   $980,712

Matching Funders   Hillary Sardinas, Ponisio and Woodard Start-up Funds, University of California (UC) Riverside College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UC Riverside Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Research and Economic Development Office

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

The University of California, Riverside is examining how management practices in California almond orchards affect bee nutrition, pesticide exposure and parasites.

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