Deadline: 8-Apr-22
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is seeking applications for the Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) Competitive Grants Program to provide funds for improving the farm management knowledge and skills of agricultural producers by maintaining and expanding a national, publicly available farm financial management database to support improved farm management.
The FBMB program aims to strongly support intellectual talent and collaborative efforts to maintain the national, publicly available farm financial management database needed to meet the challenges facing the nation’s agriculture and food systems.
The FBMB program supports producers to develop farm management knowledge that is consistent with the food and agricultural priorities of USDA/NIFA.
The FBMB program supports social and behavioral science disciplines, as well as leadership skills development opportunities. Incorporation of social/behavioral sciences and leadership development is important for addressing many of the challenges facing agriculture and farm communities, such as increasing global demand for food production in the face of limited natural resources; improving health and reducing obesity by engaging in heathy diets; and alleviating poverty by fostering economic opportunity.
Objectives
- Maintain and expand the already established national, publicly available farm financial management database to support improved farm management knowledge and skills for producers of a variety of crops and livestock throughout multiple regions of the United States, and
- Establish or expand collaborative farm management educational programs and association partnerships that will contribute data to the existing national farm financial management and benchmarking database to improve the farm management knowledge and skills of agricultural producers.
Funding Information
- The anticipated amount available for Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) program in FY 2022 is approximately $1,936,000.
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
Eligibility Criteria
- State agricultural experiment station;
- College and universities;
- University research foundation;
- Other research institutions and organizations;
- Federal agencies;
- National laboratories;
- Private organizations or corporations;
- Individuals; or
- Any group consisting of two (2) or more of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (H).
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337446