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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