NIFA gathers stakeholder input and information to identify priorities for new grant programs and/or to modify priorities for existing grant programs, as described in their Requests for Applications (RFA). A stakeholder is anyone who conducts or uses agricultural research, education, and extension. Input is used to meet the requirements of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998.

NIFA gathers input from any individual, and specifically from commodity groups, industry, inter-agency Federal work groups, the National Academy of Sciences, non-governmental organizations, scientific societies, and university partners.

Stakeholder input is obtained in several ways. Input is solicited in all NIFA RFAs. NIFA also conducts stakeholder listening sessions or workshops, some as stand-alone events, some in conjunction with national scientific meetings. NIFA staff also gathers stakeholder information from other government and private sector events and publications.

Stakeholder Input Sources: Plants & Plant Products

Past:

• Presidential Priority for 2009: American Competitiveness Initiative

• Plant and Pest Systems Stakeholders Workshop 2010, NIFA.

• National Grape & Wine Initiative - An important stakeholder group representing all segments of the grape industry including: raisin, juice, fresh grape and wine.

• Results of the Second National Survey of Genomics Priorities for Wheat - Developed by the National Wheat Improvement Committee Subcommittee on Wheat Genomics at the National Wheat Genomics Conference in Indianapolis, IN - December 4 - 6, 2008.

• 2007 Rosaceae Specialty Crops Planning Workshop Report.

• A Science Roadmap for Agriculture, Update 2006,National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant College (NASULGC) and Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP). Discussion of the scientific feasibility to meet the needs of diverse groups of stakeholders.

• A Science Roadmap for Agriculture Survey, May 2005, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant College (NASULGC) and Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP). Survey of diverse stakeholder groups to develop the priorities for the next five years.

• Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Stakeholder Hearing Transcript - Hearing held on September 10, 2008 at the NIFA Waterfront Building.

• American Peanut Council. Direction and support of peanut research on behalf of all segments of the peanut industry.

• BFRDP Stakeholder Input Meeting. Transcript of stakeholder hearing on the Beginning Farmer and Ranchers Development Program (BFRDP) held on October 27, 2008 in Washington, DC.

• NIFA - American Society of Plant Biologists Stakeholder Workshop Report. Summary report of the NIFA Plant and Pest Biology Stakeholder workshop held in November 2007.

• Engineering Solutions for Specialty Crop Challenges: Workshop Report. Summary of the findings from the 2007 workshop.

• Executive Summary on the Whole Genome Sequence of Common Bean.

• Forestry Research Advisory Council. Report to the Secretary of Agriculture.

• Interagency Working Group 5 -Year Plan, National Plant Genome Initiative: 2003 - 2008. Report provides a 5 -year plan for the National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI).

• International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium. Information on agricultural research for wheat production and utilization using DNA-based tools and resources.

• Legumes as a Model Plant Family, Genomics for Food and Feed Report of the Cross-Legume Advances through Genomics Conference.

• National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. Organization contributing to effective federal agricultural research, education and education programs through broad stakeholder feedback and sound science in its ongoing role as advisor to the Secretary of Agriculture.

• New Horizons in Plant Sciences for Human Health and the Environment - A new brochure based on the National Research Council report on plant genome sciences.

• The National Plant Genome Initiative: Achievements and Future Directions. Ad hoc committee study on the National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI).  

• National Science Foundation-Sponsored Maize Genome Sequencing Project. Examination of the status of the maize genome project.

• National Science Foundation-Sponsored Workshop Report. Draft Plan for Soybean Genomics. Examination of the status of the soybean genome project.

• National Wheat Genomics Conference: National Wheat Improvement Genomics Report.

• Report on Workshop on Establishing a U.S. Rice Resource Center. Information, issues, and next steps toward creating a U.S. Rice Resource Center.

• Soybean Genomics Research, a Strategic Plan for 2008-2012.

• Soybean Industry Research Priorities. Evaluation of challenges to the soybean industry using genomics technologies.

• Technology Roadmap Temperate Fruit Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding Workshop. Examination of key issues facing temperate fruit industry.

• The Future of Maize Genetics Planning for the Sequenced Genome Era

• The National Plant Genome Initiative’s Five-year Plan (2009-2013) – Presented during the Plant and Animal Genome Meeting held in San Diego in January 2009.

• The United States Rosaceae Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding Initiative. Information outlining key issues rosaceae crops breeding initiative.

• Workshop Report on Wheat Genome Sequencing: International Genome Research on Wheat Consortium. Examination of the status of the wheat genome project.
  
  

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