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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">WASHINGTON, May 17, 2016- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $10.7 million in funding for research that could solve critical water problems in rural
and agricultural watersheds across the United States. This funding is available through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill and administered by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">“Finding solutions for dealing with water scarcity as well as maintaining water quality is
</span>critical for communities across the country and for the men and women who raise the food we eat," <span style="color:black">said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “Better water management practices, tools and technologies will make a difference
</span>for farmers, ranchers, and foresters who are constantly adapting to less predictable and more severe weather patterns."<o:p></o:p></p>
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Established by the 2008 Farm Bill and re-authorized in the 2014 Farm Bill, AFRI is the nation's premier competitive, peer-reviewed grants program for fundamental and applied agricultural sciences. In the seven years since AFRI was established, the program
has led to true innovations and ground-breaking discoveries in agriculture to combat childhood obesity, improve and sustain rural economic growth, address water availability issues. increase food production, find new sources of energy, mitigate the impacts
of climate variability and enhance resiliency of our food systems, and ensure food safety. <o:p></o:p></p>
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for Agriculture</a> Challenge Area which funds projects that tackle critical water issues by developing both regional systems for the sustainable use and reuse, flow and management of water, and that address water issues focused on the production and environmental
sustainability efforts at the watershed and farm scale. There is also a focus on solutions for conserving<span style="color:black"> higher quality water and understanding the human behavior and its influence on decision making for agricultural water use in
the Fiscal Year 2016 projects.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black">To date, more than $20.5 million in research, education and extension grants have been awarded through AFRI's Water for Agriculture Challenge Area. Examples of previously funded projects
include a University of Nevada-Reno’s Coordinated Agricultural Project to assess the impacts of climate change on future water supplies and enhance the climate resiliency of tribal agriculture. Also, Clemson University is integrating remote sensing products
and weather forecast information for farmers and growers to address the best products, increase agricultural drought indices, and develop an agricultural drought forecasting model to provide near real-time feedback.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Science funded by AFRI is vital to meeting food, fiber, and fuel demands as the world’s population is projected to exceed nine billion by 2050 and natural resources are stressed under a changing climate. In addition, AFRI programs help develop new technologies
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President’s 2017 budget request</a> proposed to fully fund AFRI for $700 million; this amount is the full funding level authorized by Congress when it established AFRI in the 2008 Farm Bill.<o:p></o:p></p>
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