20245130043056
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Organic seed production and organic plant breeding are crucial to the integrity and long-term success of organic agriculture.
Organic seed producers and seed companies have been very clear: the lack of robust, publicly available seed yield data and production protocols is a barrier to the success of the organic seed industry - and a barrier to the wider availability of adapted, affordable, high-quality organic seed for all organic producers who use seed.
The long-term goal of this project is to increase the resilience and success of organic seed production systems.
By creating a robust, national collaboration of organic seed researchers and practitioners focused on advancing the field of organic seed production research, this project aims to develop practical tools and resources that the organic seed industry needs to develop, test, produce, distribute and maintain seed of regionally and organically adapted cultivars.
To achieve this long-term goal, we are pursuing three objectives within this proposal:
1) Better elucidate the effects of genetics, climate, and management on organic vegetable seed yields through multi-location seed yield trials, seed production management trials, participatory seed research, and the development of a robust vegetable seed yield database.
2) Develop economic decision-making tools for organic seed producers.
3) Expand seed production information exchange for and among organic seed stakeholders.
Organic seed producers and seed companies have been very clear: the lack of robust, publicly available seed yield data and production protocols is a barrier to the success of the organic seed industry - and a barrier to the wider availability of adapted, affordable, high-quality organic seed for all organic producers who use seed.
The long-term goal of this project is to increase the resilience and success of organic seed production systems.
By creating a robust, national collaboration of organic seed researchers and practitioners focused on advancing the field of organic seed production research, this project aims to develop practical tools and resources that the organic seed industry needs to develop, test, produce, distribute and maintain seed of regionally and organically adapted cultivars.
To achieve this long-term goal, we are pursuing three objectives within this proposal:
1) Better elucidate the effects of genetics, climate, and management on organic vegetable seed yields through multi-location seed yield trials, seed production management trials, participatory seed research, and the development of a robust vegetable seed yield database.
2) Develop economic decision-making tools for organic seed producers.
3) Expand seed production information exchange for and among organic seed stakeholders.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Port Townsend,
Washington
98368-6739
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Organic Seed Alliance was awarded
Organic Seed Production Research for Resilient Systems
Project Grant 20245130043056
worth $3,493,549
from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Port Townsend Washington United States.
The grant
has a duration of 4 years and
was awarded through assistance program 10.303 Integrated Programs.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/5/24
Period of Performance
9/1/24
Start Date
8/31/28
End Date
Funding Split
$3.5M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$3.5M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
20245130043056
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
12348T INSTITUTE OF FOOD PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABILITY (IFPS)
Funding Office
12348T INSTITUTE OF FOOD PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABILITY (IFPS)
Awardee UEI
WNNRT3TLV8K7
Awardee CAGE
45EH4
Performance District
WA-06
Senators
Maria Cantwell
Patty Murray
Patty Murray
Modified: 8/5/24