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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> napb_recruitment-request@acs-net.crops.org [mailto:napb_recruitment-request@acs-net.crops.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jane Dever<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 29, 2017 7:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'napb_members@acs-net.crops.org' <napb_members@acs-net.crops.org>; napb_recruitment@acs-net.crops.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Plant Breeding Funding Opportunity<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Water for Food Production Systems Challenge Area represents new funding with opportunity for plant breeding.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Follow this link for the program description, deadline dates and contact information:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nifa.usda.gov_funding-2Dopportunity_agriculture-2Dand-2Dfood-2Dresearch-2Dinitiative-2Dwater-2Dfood-2Dproduction-2Dsystems-2Dchallenge&d=DwMFAg&c=r_tSStIHV2ie60z4DgB-pQ&r=ksIH3EH17eNrOEg04zVPToD-EahYBrbHH3hLahFvXYo&m=aRv-6dpsripIcBjbz9-CMtUw8c5UHc_lYTRo-ijKIRI&s=LriEfQA4MokcithQf4nkwCxwgCj3UT16dmbdioMCqoA&e=">
https://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/agriculture-and-food-research-initiative-water-food-production-systems-challenge</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">NIFA seeks to invest in projects that employ systems approaches to resolve the complex challenges of greater agricultural production while reducing water use through: advanced sensor and irrigation technologies adoption; improved plant
and animal use efficiencies through classical/conventional and accelerated breeding approaches, exploitation of nontraditional water sources (treated wastewater, produced water, brackish groundwater, and captured runoff); biotechnology, nanotechnology, and
other technologies. These projects are expected to integrate efficient economic, environmental, behavioral, social, and policy approaches that support changes across geographic, size, and socioeconomic scales to positively affect sustainable water use for
food production, processing, and other competing uses.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The anticipated amount available for new grants in this FY 2017 WFPS Challenge Area RFA is approximately $34 million.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Contact: </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nifa.usda.gov_staff-2Dcontact_ed-2Dkaleikau&d=DwMFAg&c=r_tSStIHV2ie60z4DgB-pQ&r=ksIH3EH17eNrOEg04zVPToD-EahYBrbHH3hLahFvXYo&m=aRv-6dpsripIcBjbz9-CMtUw8c5UHc_lYTRo-ijKIRI&s=xKnY9yfLYtaSOu3xK-815tZ1W0QxjzixB4YaZ65Yi-8&e=">https://nifa.usda.gov/staff-contact/ed-kaleikau</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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