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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#7D7D7D">Feb. 10, 2016</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#7D7D7D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0B5F91">National Institute of Food and Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1 style="line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0B5F91">2017 President's Budget Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">The National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, has posted the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Budget Proposal for the Agency. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="color:#0076B4">Agriculture and Food Research Initiative</span></a> (AFRI), minor increases in funding for some programs, and sustained funding for others. NIFA uses these funds to deploy research that underpins transformative discoveries needed
to solve challenges to our nation’s nutritional security, including diminishing land and water resources, changing climate, and the need for environmental stewardship, in the context of the burgeoning population. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Additionally, the proposed budget will provide critical funding for research, education, and extension in support of Presidential initiatives, including emerging
issues of antimicrobial resistance and pollinator health, and to prepare the next generation of scientists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">On Feb. 9, Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy, NIFA director, held an audio briefing for stakeholders. A copy of that briefing will be posted at <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwMjEwLjU1MDM1NzAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDIxMC41NTAzNTcwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NjA3Nzk3JmVtYWlsaWQ9dy1hZXNkaXJzQGNvbG9zdGF0ZS5lZHUmdXNlcmlkPXctYWVzZGlyc0Bjb2xvc3RhdGUuZWR1JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&103&&&http://nifa.usda.gov/budget?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><span style="color:#0076B4">here</span></a>
on Feb. 11 or Feb. 12. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">For questions, contact<a href="mailto:virginia.bueno@nifa.usda.gov"><span style="color:#0076B4"> Virginia Bueno</span></a>, communications director.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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