Funding-USDA -
Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program -
Methyl Bromide Transition; May 4, 2015
Agency
Department
of Agriculture
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description
The
methyl bromide transition program addresses the immediate needs and the costs
of transition that have resulted from the scheduled phase-out of the pesticide
methyl bromide. Methyl bromide has been a pest and disease control tactic
critical to pest management systems for decades for soilborne
and postharvest pests. The program focuses on integrated commercial-scale
research on methyl bromide alternatives and associated extension activity that
will foster the adoption of these solutions. Projects should cover a broad
range of new methodologies, technologies, systems, and strategies for
controlling economically important pests for which methyl bromide has been the
only effective pest control option. Research projects must address commodities
with critical issues and include a focused economic analysis of the cost of
implementing the transition on a commercial scale.
Announcement
Number:
USDA-NIFA-ICGP-004997
Closing
Date:
May
4, 2015
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275311
Contact
Information
Kitty
Cardwell
(202)
401-1790