National Institute of Food and Agriculture

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United States government agency federal agency

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture is a U.S. federal agency that funds and supports research, education, and extension programs to advance agriculture, food systems, and related sciences.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government agency → federal agency →
abbreviation	NIFA →
country	United States →
fieldOfWork	agricultural research → biotechnology → climate change and agriculture → environmental science → extension education → food safety → food systems → natural resources → nutrition → rural development → sustainable agriculture →
foundedBy	Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 →
funds	federal laboratories → land-grant universities → non-land-grant colleges of agriculture → nonprofit organizations → small businesses → state agencies →
hasMainActivity	capacity grants to states and institutions → competitive research grants → education and workforce development grants → extension program funding →
hasMission	to advance agricultural research, education, and extension to solve societal challenges →
hasPurpose	to support U.S. agriculture and food systems through science-based programs →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
inception	2008 →
jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States →
legalBasis	Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia →
operatesProgram	Agriculture and Food Research Initiative → Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program → Children, Youth, and Families at Risk Program → Evans-Allen research programs → Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program → Hatch Act research programs → McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Program → Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative → Smith-Lever Act extension programs → Specialty Crop Research Initiative → Women and Minorities in STEM Fields Program →
parentOrganization	United States Department of Agriculture →
partOf	United States Department of Agriculture →
replaced	Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service →
sector	agriculture → food and nutrition → rural communities →
website	https://www.nifa.usda.gov/ →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
National Institute of Food and Agriculture ("NIFA") →	abbreviation
National Institute of Food and Agriculture ("Agriculture and Food Research Initiative") →	operatesProgram
United States Department of Agriculture →	oversees
National Institute of Food and Agriculture ("Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service") →	replaced