[PCA] Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Awards $7 Million to 16 Research Teams Advancing Science and Technology to Improve Pollinator Health

[Prescott, Leah]

*New Tools and Science-Based Best Practices Will Enhance Efforts to Combat
Native and Managed Pollinator Population Declines*

"The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, a nonprofit established
through bipartisan congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, today
announced 16 grants totaling $7 million for research to address declining
pollinator health, an ongoing threat to agricultural productivity in the
United States. The FFAR awards are matched by more than 50 companies,
universities, organizations and individuals for a total investment of $14.3
million toward research and technology development.

Insect pollinators support crop yields and agricultural ecosystems and
contribute an estimated 24 billion dollars to the United States economy
annually. New technology, knowledge and best practice guidance tailored to
specific regions and land uses has potential to accelerate efforts to
improve pollinator health across the United States. Researchers funded
through the Pollinator Health Fund are working to address social and
economic challenges faced by beekeepers, farmers, home owners and other
land managers across the United States.

“Declines in native and managed insect pollinator populations threaten both
the agricultural systems that sustain us and the ecosystems that surround
us,” said Sally Rockey, Ph.D., executive director of FFAR. “The Foundation
for Food and Agriculture Research is pleased to support these 16 research
teams who will bring new scientific rigor, best practices and technology to
current efforts toward improving pollinator health in the United States.”"

Read more here:
http://foundationfar.org/2018/03/13/7-million-to-pollinator-health/

-- 
Leah Prescott
Bureau of Land Management
Plant Conservation Program Data Coordinator
202-912-7232

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