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WEBINAR—AGRICULTURE & FOOD RESEARCH INITIATIVE (AFRI)

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & RURAL COMMUNITIES (AERC) FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAM AREA

National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

 

DATE: January 22, 2014

 

TIME: 1:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern

 

FEATURING:

Highlights of the AERC program area, eligibility requirements, and other aspects of the following five programs will be discussed along with questions and answers. 

• Economics, Markets and Trade
• Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
• Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation
• Rural Communities and Regional Development
• Small and Medium Sized Farms

 

MODERATOR:  Fen Hunt

PRESENTERS:  Robbin Shoemaker, Jill Auburn, Denis Ebodaghe

 

TO PARTICIPATE:  join the webinar at the following link a few minutes before the starting time (# lines is limited; first come, first served):

 

WEBINAR weblink:     http://nifa-connect.nifa.usda.gov/afri-aerc/

                Audio:  via your computer speakers/microphone, or via telephone: 888-844-9904 access code 6824450#

 

PLEASE NOTE (whether or not you join the webinar):

• Letters of intent are required for these programs (a new requirement of AERC in 2014),due on February 19, and the application deadline for full proposals is April 28, 2014.  You cannot submit a proposal if you do not first submit a letter of intent.
• The 2014 AFRI Foundational Request for Applications can be found at: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/pdfs/14_afri_foundation_mod.pdf
• For Grant-Writing Tips and Other AFRI Information, see: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/afri/afri.html
• For more information on AERC including a link to abstracts of projects funded in the past (2011), see:  http://www.nifa.usda.gov/fo/agricultureeconomicsandruralcommunitiesafri.cfm

 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Robbin Shoemaker at 202-720-5468  e-mail: [log in to unmask]

 

 

 

Denis Ebodaghe, Ph.D.

National Program Leader for Small Farms

USDA – National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Phone: 202-401-4385      Cell: 202-731-6090

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Surface Mail:

USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture

800 9th Street, SW

3103 Waterfront Center

Washington, DC 20024

www.nifa.usda.gov

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/familysmallfarms.cfm 

 

 

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