Initiative for Future Agricultural
and Food Systems
Important Notice About IFAFS
As a result of the Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2002 (Public Law 107-76), the Cooperative
State Research, Education and Extension
Service (CSREES) is prohibited from administering
a grant competition for the Initiative
for Future Agriculture and Food Systems
(IFAFS). At present, no IFAFS Request for
Application is anticipated. CSREES regrets
any inconvenience this may have caused
potential applicants.
The Bill does permit funds
to be expended for oversight on awards
previously granted and on any obligations
committed prior to the signing of the Bill
by President Bush on November 28, 2001.
Please continue to check this web site
for updates about future IFAFS activities.
IFAFS information
The Initiative for Future Agriculture
and Food Systems (IFAFS), was legislated
by Congress, and authorized the secretary
of Agriculture to establish a research,
extension and education competitive grants
program to address a number of critical
emerging agricultural issues. These issues
related to future food production, environmental
quality, natural resource management, and
farm income. Priority program areas were
established to address these emerging issues:
1) Agricultural genome; 2) Food safety,
food technology, and human nutrition; 3)
New and alternative uses and production
of agricultural commodities and products;
4) Agricultural biotechnology; 5) Natural
resource management, including precision
agriculture; and 6) Farm efficiency and
profitability, including the viability
and competitiveness of small- and medium-sized
dairy, livestock, crop and other commodity
operations. Priority for funding was for
those proposals that were multi-state,
multi-institutional, or multi-disciplinary,
or that integrated agricultural research,
extension, and/or education. Non-technical
abstracts are provided for all IFAFS projects
that received funding in FY 2000 and 2001
and are arranged by major program areas.
IFAFS Abstracts
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