20236801639403
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
The long-term goal of the Digital and Data-Driven Demonstration Farm (4-D Farm) is to develop climate-smart production systems leveraging renewable energy, automation, intelligence, and human capital to meet the required food and fiber needs of a burgeoning world population.
Most currently funded research is driven by individual commodity and discipline needs and rarely investigates integrating multiple agricultural enterprises to improve farm resilience so that the farmer does not have all their eggs in one basket.
In this project, data-driven farm strategies will be implemented to create an interdependent and diverse crop/livestock rotation that addresses the reduced effectiveness of chemical inputs, climate change effects, feeding an increasing population, loss of biodiversity and pollinators, water quality/quantity, rural economic stability, labor shortages, and supply chain disruptions.
These issues are addressed by the 4-D Farm:
1) Creating data-driven, integrated precision and climate-smart agriculture with intelligent automation technologies and solutions.
2) Developing and testing resilient agricultural practices.
3) Assessing the socioeconomic consequences of these new technologies and practices.
The 4-D Farm will be executed on a 90-acre D.A.T.A. (Demonstrating Applied Technology in Ag) Farm at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC), multiple emerging technology and demonstration site's (ETDS's) located on University of Georgia (UGA) research farms, and a data management and analysis center at the UGA Tifton Campus, Future Farmstead Carriage House.
We have assembled an interdisciplinary team in precision and climate-smart agriculture, data science, livestock management, peanut, cotton, and corn production, extension and education programming, and autonomous and intelligent rover research and development.
Most currently funded research is driven by individual commodity and discipline needs and rarely investigates integrating multiple agricultural enterprises to improve farm resilience so that the farmer does not have all their eggs in one basket.
In this project, data-driven farm strategies will be implemented to create an interdependent and diverse crop/livestock rotation that addresses the reduced effectiveness of chemical inputs, climate change effects, feeding an increasing population, loss of biodiversity and pollinators, water quality/quantity, rural economic stability, labor shortages, and supply chain disruptions.
These issues are addressed by the 4-D Farm:
1) Creating data-driven, integrated precision and climate-smart agriculture with intelligent automation technologies and solutions.
2) Developing and testing resilient agricultural practices.
3) Assessing the socioeconomic consequences of these new technologies and practices.
The 4-D Farm will be executed on a 90-acre D.A.T.A. (Demonstrating Applied Technology in Ag) Farm at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC), multiple emerging technology and demonstration site's (ETDS's) located on University of Georgia (UGA) research farms, and a data management and analysis center at the UGA Tifton Campus, Future Farmstead Carriage House.
We have assembled an interdisciplinary team in precision and climate-smart agriculture, data science, livestock management, peanut, cotton, and corn production, extension and education programming, and autonomous and intelligent rover research and development.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Athens,
Georgia
30602-1589
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have decreased 50% from $7,998,718 to $3,999,359.
University Of Georgia Research Foundation was awarded
Data-Driven Demonstration Farm: Climate-Smart Production
Project Grant 20236801639403
worth $3,999,359
from the Institute of Bioenergy, Climate, and Environment in September 2023 with work to be completed primarily in Athens Georgia United States.
The grant
has a duration of 4 years and
was awarded through assistance program 10.310 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Foundational and Applied Science Program.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 3/19/23
Period of Performance
9/1/23
Start Date
8/31/27
End Date
Funding Split
$4.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$4.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Subgrant Awards
Disclosed subgrants for 20236801639403
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
20236801639403
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
12348S INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY, CLIMATE, AND ENVIRONMENT (IBCE)
Funding Office
12348S INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY, CLIMATE, AND ENVIRONMENT (IBCE)
Awardee UEI
NMJHD63STRC5
Awardee CAGE
07DC3
Performance District
Not Applicable
Budget Funding
| Federal Account | Budget Subfunction | Object Class | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research and Education Activities, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture (012-1500) | Agricultural research and services | Grants, subsidies, and contributions (41.0) | $3,999,359 | 100% |
Modified: 3/19/23