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Stakeholder input from 2007 listening session:
“More opportunities for classical plant breeding”
Addressed by NIFA NPL
Ann Marie Thro
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Summary of input from 2007
About half of stakeholder groups expressed need for plant breeding
Long list of needs for plant breeding to improve: o Quality , esp. for bioenergy and human nutritional
valueo Production traits.
Resource needs for plant breeding:
Graduate education in classical plant breedingo Education for K-12 and undergraduateo Infrastructureo Global partnerships
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Competitive funding opportunities for plant breeding: “Before”
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
Grants awarded by regional SARE centers
Broad program; Includes a few awards to plant breeding in some years, and not in others.
Example: Open-pollinated corn breeding program at Cornell University
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Competitive funding opportunities for plant breeding: “Before”
Organic Research and Extension Initiative (OREI)
Legislated goals:
Goal 1: “Facilitating development of organic agriculture production, breeding and processing methods”
Goal 8: “Developing new and improved seed varieties particularly suited for organic agriculture”
OREI is a broad program, so plant breeding awards vary by year: 2008: no awards included plant breeding2009: eight awards included plant breeding
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Competitive opportunities for plant breeding resources: Before
Graduate education:
National Needs Fellowships (NNF):
Historically genomics-focused Became increasingly aware of needs for plant breeding
One award, in 2008; a few awards earlier
Stretched thin: NNF must address many national needs for agriculture
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Competitive funding opportunities for plant breeding: Since 2007
Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI)Legislated Goal # 1 (of 5):
“… plant breeding, genetics, & genomics to improve crop characteristics”
• Quality, nutritional value, stress tolerance, and disease resistance
SCRI has made a significant number of awards to projects that include plant breeding, both with and without molecular tools.
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Competitive funding opportunities for plant breeding: Since 2007
AFRI (Agriculture & Food Research Initiative), 2009:
Plant Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding Program
Opportunity for plant breeding, with or without molecular tools
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NIFA competitive funding opportunities for plant breeding: 2010
In 2010, AFRI opportunities for plant breeding are “threaded” through several issue areas, especially:
•AFRI RFA for Climate Change:
• Regional approaches to climate change (CAP)
• National cereal germplasm phenotyping (CAP)
• Climate change & adaptation in agric. (Standard R, Ed or Ex)
•AFRI RFA for Sustainable Bioenergy :
• Regional approaches to sustainable bioenergy (CAP)
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NIFA competitive opportunities for plant breeding resources:
Graduate education: Agency initiatives in response:
NRI 2008: Plant Breeding & Education Program: 4 funded
AFRI 2009: Plant Breeding & Education Program: 12 funded
AFRI 2010: Climate Change, Cereal Phenotyping Program area: includes a plant breeding education component
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NIFA competitive opportunities for plant breeding resources
Undergraduate education:
SPECA: Secondary Education Challenge Grants
Undergraduate, community college, and K-12
Plant breeding could be the focus, or a component
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NIFA competitive opportunities for plant breeding resources
Global partnerships• AFRI 2010, especially:
Climate Change (Cereal Phenotyping)
• NNFInternational Research Travel Allowances (IRTAs)
Infrastructure: • Few or no competitive funding opportunities
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In summary, NIFA competitive programs include a range of opportunities for
plant breeding as a component of projects that address broad societal issues.
A few programs existed pre-2007 that could make occasional awards to projects that included plant breeding :
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Organic Research and Extension Initiative Secondary Education Challenge Grants)
New since 2007, these programs include plant breeding consistently: Specialty Crops Research Initiative Agriculture & Food Research Initiative
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Summary
The agency has taken special initiative in response to input regarding graduate education for plant breeding:
National Needs Fellowships (now includes eligibility)
Plant Breeding & Education, NRI/AFRI 2008 and 2009
Climate Change/plant breeding education, AFRI 2010
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Summary:
What about infrastructure? How has NIFA listened?
Here is one strategy:
A hoped-for outcome of NIFA programs is:
To win clear and wide recognition for agricultural REE as central for solving broad societal issues.
That achievement can help re-kindle national awareness of the importance of infrastructure ...
for public sector agricultural research, extension, and education, in plant breeding and other disciplines.
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End of section on response to stakeholder input from 2007 listening session:
“More opportunities for classical plant breeding”