Our Consortia

FFAR consortia are comprised of several entities that co-design a mission, research focus and governance framework to guide and fund research, foster collaboration and generate actionable results to overcome agriculture’s most complex challenges. FFAR commits funds to catalyze greater investments from consortia members. These pooled resources fund research on an issue larger than a singular entity can solve alone.

Read more about FFAR Consortia and how this unique model brings unusual partners together to solve shared challenges.

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FFAR Consortia

FFAR leads or manages the following consortia:

AgMission™

AgMission, FFAR’s signature climate initiative, was co-created with the World Farmers’ Organisation to unlock agriculture’s potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Through shared knowledge and collaboration, AgMission works with partners to support on-farm research and design actionable solutions to climate challenges in agriculture.

Crops of the Future Collaborative

Crops of the Future, a public-private collaborative, expands our knowledge of the traits that give rise to characteristics crops need to adapt to a changing future.

Efficient Fertilizer Consortium

The Efficient Fertilizer Consortium is a public-private partnership that funds research to advance enhanced efficiency and novel fertilizer products and practices that are environmentally beneficial and agronomically productive.

Greener Cattle Initiative

The Greener Cattle Initiative is a consortium of stakeholders who share knowledge, leverage investments and accelerate research to identify, develop and/or validate scientifically sound, commercially feasible and socially responsible practices and technologies that reduce enteric methane emissions from dairy and beef cattle to slow the effects of climate change.

International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA)

The International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA) advances research on antimicrobial stewardship in animal agriculture. This public-private partnership promotes the judicious use of antibiotics and improves animal welfare.

Precision Indoor Plants

Precision Indoor Plants (PIP), a public-private partnership, helps food producers grow flavorful, nutritious food indoors. The consortium’s audacious research increases our ability to produce quality crops that are valuable and desired by consumers.

FFAR Membership in Consortia

FFAR is a member of the following consortia, which are managed by other organizations:

Innovation in Post-Harvest Loss & Food Waste Reduction Consortium

The Consortium for Innovation in Post-Harvest Loss & Food Waste Reduction is a team of global experts that aim to preserve nutrients, improve livelihoods and realize an efficient food system.

Ecosystem Services Market Consortium

The Ecosystem Services Market Consortium is conducting the research necessary to create a functional ecosystem services market, which pays farmers and ranchers for adopting conservation practices.

Hemp Research Consortium

The Hemp Research Consortium fosters a deeper understanding of the relationship between genes, physiology and the environment to optimize industrial hemp production.

Irrigation Innovation Consortium

The IIC accelerates the development and adoption of novel water and energy-efficient irrigation technologies and practices through public-private partnerships.