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Rural research grants awarded
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced nearly $14 million in grants to support four programs to increase prosperity in rural America through research, education, and extension programs.
The funding is expected to assist communities and regions in creating self-sustaining, long-term economic development through research and strategic planning. Among the grants:
The grant projects are:
RURAL COMMUNITIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala.
$499,998 | Securing the Land for Agricultural and Community
Development: Addressing Heir Property as an Asset Building
Strategy.
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
$474,998 | Utilization of Community Social Capital to Address
Housing Needs.
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
$499,287 | Rural Wealth, Inequality, and Community
Economic Resilience: Engaging Rural Communities in an Era
of Economic Restructuring.
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.
$499,789 | Measuring and Modeling Rural Wealth
for Sustainable and Broad-Based Rural Prosperity.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
$498,943 | The Economic Geography and Dynamics
of Businesses on Indian Reservations: The Role of Space,
Demographics, and Tribal Institutions.
Montana State University, Bozeman, Mont.
$474,190 | Escaping the Resource Curse: Developing
Governance and Investment Frameworks to Leverage
the Benefits of Energy Development for Rural Prosperity.
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
$499,374 | Strengthening Rural-Urban Linkages to Support
Rural Economic Development: the Case of Re-localized Food
Systems
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.
$499,994 | Linking Health Care Reform and Economic
Development in the Agriculture Sector.
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FARMS
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.
$499,978 | Armed to Farm: Veteran Labelled Marketing,
Education and Research Strategies to Soldier Success for
Military Veteran Farmers
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
$471,462 | Integrating Family and Business Objectives
for Stronger Family Farm Sustainability
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
$499,995 | Impacts of Values-Based Supply Chains on Small
and Medium-Sized farms
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass.
$499,380 | Understanding and Informing Family Forest Owner
Decisions of Intergenerational Land Transfer to Ensure Working
Forested Landscapes
Alcorn State University, Lorman, Miss.
$499,794 | Adaptability, Efficiency and Impact of Irrigation
Systems and Scheduling Methods on Small and Limited
Resource Vegetable and Fruit Farms in Mississippi
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
$384,913 – Diversification Strategy for Small and Medium Sized
Farms
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore.
$499,996 | Beyond Fresh and Direct: Exploring Specialty Food
Marketing Opportunities for Small and Medium Sized Farms
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt.
$499,978 | Defining and Overcoming Economic Factors
Hindering Adoption of Food Safety
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL
COMMUNITIES – ECONOMICS, MARKETS, AND TRADE
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.
$399,867 | A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis
of Immigration Policies and Agricultural Labor Markets
University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.
$49,600 | Conference: Implications of TTIP and TTP
for GM/Non-GM Coexistence
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
$499,709 | The Role of International Trade In Adapting U.S.
Agriculture to Increased Global Climate Variability
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
$245,131 | Imperfect Competition in the Agrochemical
and Seed Industries: Innovation, Pricing of Inputs and Welfare
in the U.S. Maize and Soybean Markets
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
$500,000 | Causes and Consequences of the Unfunded
Mandate Following Differences in Voting and Buying Behavior
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
$494,547 | Contemporary Organic Policy: Implications
for Food and Ingredient Markets and Trade
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.
$485,414 | Using Consumer Tracking Survey to Understand
and Forecast Changes in Consumer Demand for Disaggregated
Meat Products
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
$379,234 | Pricing, Competition, and Concentration
in the U.S. Farm Input Sector
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo.
$149,858 | Overcoming Honey Bee Pollination Market
Information Deficiencies in the Intermountain West
and Pacific Coast
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL
COMMUNITIES – ENVIRONMENT
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.
$500,000 | Water Supply Capacity Credits Within a Hydrologic
Basin: Sustaining Ecosystem Services and Revenues
from Underdeveloped Forests and Farms
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
$500,000 | Will Global Change Jeopardize the U.S. Forest
Carbon Sink?
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
$499,976 | Effects of Energy and Commodity Prices on Crop
Patterns and the Ogallala Aquifer under Alternative Policy
Scenarios
University of Nevada, Reno, Nev.
$498,393 | Rural to Urban Water Transfers, Climate Change,
the Future of Rural Agricultural Economies in Semi-Arid West:
A Comparative Regional Analysis
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I.
$463,096 | Community-Level Incentives to Support Farm,
Forest, and Open Space Land Conservation in the Rural-Urban
Fringe
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I.
$47,882 | AFRI Water Quality Economics Workshop
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
$313,557 | Adaptive Matching Estimators for Property
Valuation with Application to Urban Stream Restoration
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