Agriculture.Agriculture: The new Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 will reorganize the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. ) $2 billion worth of research programs. The extramural extramural /ex·tra·mu·ral/ (-mur´il) situated or occurring outside the wall of an organ or structure. extramural situated or occurring outside the wall of an organ or structure. Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service will be renamed the National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA NIFA Nebraska Investment Finance Authority NIFA National Intercollegiate Flying Association NIFA New International Financial Architecture (political science) NIFA North Idaho Farmers’ Association NIFA National Institute of First Assisting, Inc. ). For making competitive grants, NIFA will replace the National Research Initiative (NRI) with the new Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI AFRI Arid Forest Research Institute (India) AFRI Approved Force Retention Increment AFRI American Fund Raising Institute, Inc. ). The AFRI will receive $200 million more than the NRI with a yearly budget of $700 million and will be required to spend 60% of its research budget on basic research. The NIFA will coordinate a five-year, $308 million grant program for organic and specialty crops. The USDA will be required to prepare an annual research roadmap. Source: Science |
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