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SUMMARY:AFRI - FAS Economics\, Markets and Trade (A1641)
DESCRIPTION:Program Area Priority: This program area priority supports research on development of theories\, methods and applications of agricultural economics. It encourages applications in the following broad areas: agricultural market structure and performance; competitiveness in international trade and domestic markets; agricultural production and resource use; consumer behavior; farm labor and immigration and policy; agricultural policy design and impacts; technology development and adoption; and science and innovation policy. \nThe program area priority scope includes\, but is not limited to: \na. Examine the economics of agriculture and food policy\, including changes in trade\, immigration\, crop insurance\, price stabilization and income support. \nb. Factors addressing farm labor shortages\, contributing to development and adoption of labor-saving or substituting technology; implications for farmer and farm labor economic welfare. Address the particular concerns regarding technology adoption and decision-making challenges for historically underserved farmers and ranchers. \nc. Examine factors contributing to pest resistance in pesticide use (and other pest management approaches) and the adoption of pest resistance mitigation strategies. \nd. Economic and behavioral aspects of consumption or savings behavior\, consumer financial decision making; agricultural production and technology adoption\, and the design and implementation of policy intended to affect those behaviors. e. Examine the causes and consequences of food and nutritional insecurity. \nf. Examine the economic implications of big data on agricultural markets\, industry structure\, and agricultural and food value chains\, how big data informs decision-making by agricultural producers\, policymakers\, and consumers and enhances market efficiency and performance. Development of innovative empirical methods for addressing economic analysis using big data\, machine learning\, and natural language processing techniques. \nproducers. Examine the economics and performance of the supply chains that emerge to implement new technologies\, how they are affected by various policies\, and their competitiveness and trade implications. \nh. Examine the impact of disasters on food supply chain resilience\, agricultural production\, and consumer behavior. \ni. NIFA and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) are interested in partnering on the following priority pending funding: \nExamine the benefits to U.S. agriculture\, and costs of USDA-FAS’s agricultural technical assistance and capacity building for low- and middle-income countries\, \n\nEconomic and trade impacts of agriculture market access barriers including barriers to regulations that govern the use of genetically-engineered organisms for product approval and import.
URL:https://cahnrs.wsu.edu/research/proposal_deadlines/afri-fas-economics-markets-and-trade-a1641/
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SUMMARY:AFRI - FAS Engineering for Agricultural Production and Processing (A1521)
DESCRIPTION:Program Area Priority: This program area priority focuses on engineered devices\, technologies\, and tools to improve agriculturally relevant plant\, animal\, and forestry systems. This excludes precision crop and water management systems\, which are now included in a new program (A1551). See “additional information\,” part (g.) below. Applications must have a significant engineering component. Engineering is defined as the application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design\, manufacture\, and operation of efficient and sustainable structures\, technologies\, machines\, processes\, and systems. Some broad emphasis areas include\, but are not limited to: \na. Enable engineering\, sensing\, computing\, modeling\, automation\, and information systems for: forestry\, plant and animal production and protection (including aquaculture); and post-harvest inspection\, handling\, processing\, packaging\, and distribution. \nb. Develop systems or technology for sensing\, automation and mechanization of laborintensive tasks in crop and animal production (including aquaculture). \nc. Technologies for nutrient recovery from manure. d. Topics of water or nutrient management are not covered by program A1551. \ne. Explore the use or development of advanced computational or engineering methods and technologies for navigation\, mining\, management\, visualization\, understanding\, and communication of agricultural systems data in production and processing systems. \nf. Develop and test risk assessment and mitigation measures applicable to agriculture (in particular\, reduce hazards to agricultural workers that can include assistive technologies). \ng. Within potential topics presented herein\, methods of breaking down technological barriers to adoption in integrated projects are welcomed.
URL:https://cahnrs.wsu.edu/research/proposal_deadlines/afri-fas-engineering-for-agricultural-production-and-processing-a1521/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231012
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SUMMARY:AFRI - FAS Engineering for Precision Crop and Water Management (A1551)
DESCRIPTION:Program Area Priority: This program area priority focuses on engineered devices\, technologies\, sensors\, and tools to provide precision crop and orchard management\, technologies for targeted application of crop protection materials\, and improve efficiency of irrigation and nutrient use in agricultural systems. Applications must have a significant engineering component. Engineering is defined as the application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design\, manufacture\, and operation of efficient and sustainable structures\, technologies\, sensors\, machines\, processes\, and systems. \na. Develop and test the implementation of tools and precision technologies for monitoring\, measurement\, and detection in agricultural systems that may incorporate both drone and unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) technologies. \nb. Explore the use or development of advanced computational or engineering methods and technologies for navigation\, mining\, management\, visualization\, understanding\, and communication of agricultural systems data pertaining to precision water and crop management. \nc. Develop and improve precision engineering technologies that prevent disease spread/pathogens and invasive weeds in agricultural systems. \nd. Develop systems or technology for sensing\, automation and mechanization of laborintensive tasks in precision crop and water management. \ne. Within potential topics presented herein\, methods of breaking down technological barriers to adoption in integrated projects are welcomed. \nf. For integrated projects that provide engineering solutions for conservation of energy and water resources in irrigation\, emphasis areas (that can be combined) include\, but are 74 not limited to: \n\nPackaged irrigation management solutions using smart sensing and model-based decision support systems that can be readily adopted by farmers on both small and large scales;\nVariable-rate and deficit irrigation management solutions that provide adaptive prescriptions and consider limitations of the water delivery system;\nInnovative sensing and control schemes for furrow irrigation;\nCombined water and nutrient management systems;\nMicro-irrigation designs and management practices that can be appropriately scaled to site-specific characteristics and end-user capabilities; and/or\nDecision support tools into easy-to-use irrigation mobile apps that integrate sitespecific weather\, sensor\, soil\, and/or model-based data for decision-making.\n\n 
URL:https://cahnrs.wsu.edu/research/proposal_deadlines/afri-fas-engineering-for-precision-crop-and-water-management-a1551/
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SUMMARY:AFRI - FAS Conventional Plant Breeding for Cultivar Development (A1143)
DESCRIPTION:Program Area Priority: The Conventional Plant Breeding for Cultivar Development program will support public breeding efforts that provide farmers with greater access to locally and regionally adapted cultivars and address the public breeding priorities in the USDA plant breeding roadmap (https://www.usda.gov/topics/plants). \nApplications for research must address later stages of cultivar development focused on datadriven evaluation of developed materials in established regional trials or cooperative networks with the primary goal of producing distinct\, uniform\, finished cultivars or heterogeneousvarieties for public release with benefits to either producers or consumers. Research proposals must include (1) how the cultivar will be released and marketed\, (2) who owns the intellectual property\, (3) letters of support from stakeholders\, (4) how the research fits within the overall existing breeding program\, and (5) how this support for later stages of cultivar development will enhance and increase the availability of cultivars in the market place within the duration of the award. In addition to the research\, proposals may include requests for modern plant breeding equipment (e.g.\, ranging from field to seed or processing to laboratory) to support plant breeding program infrastructure. Stand-alone equipment proposals are not acceptable. Relevance and need to enhance cultivar development must be clearly justified\, demonstrable\, and specific. Research that incorporates education of field-based plant breeders is strongly recommended. Breeding for tribal food systems using indigenous traditional ecological knowledge is appropriate for this program area priority. Research that results in new cultivars addressing sustainability or climate resiliency goals are also appropriate for this priority.
URL:https://cahnrs.wsu.edu/research/proposal_deadlines/afri-fas-conventional-plant-breeding-for-cultivar-development-a1143/
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SUMMARY:AFRI - FAS Plant Breeding for Agricultural Production (A1141)
DESCRIPTION:Program Area Priority: The Plant Breeding for Agricultural Production program will support public breeding efforts to improve crop productivity\, efficiency\, quality\, and performance. Research is welcome to genetically dissect and then introduce desirable traits that may include\, but are not limited to: increased nutrient use efficiency; increased photosynthetic efficiency; tolerance to drought\, flood and temperature extremes associated with climate change; resistance to pests and diseases; improved taste\, aroma\, or nutrition; and removal of undesirable traits through the use of both traditional genetic approaches and targeted gene editing.
URL:https://cahnrs.wsu.edu/research/proposal_deadlines/afri-fas-plant-breeding-for-agricultural-production-a1141/
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