(FOA)-USDA/NIFA -
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative: Extension Disaster Education Network
(EDEN) (USDA-NIFA-ES-006632); July 26, 2018
Agency
US Department of Agriculture - National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative: Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) (USDA-NIFA-ES-006632). The primary focus of Food & Agriculture Defense Initiative: Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) will be to help form sustainable efforts to enhance the biosecurity of the U.S. agriculture and food system through education and extension activities. The purpose of this program is to expand the Cooperative Extension System's educational role with a focus on agrosecurity before, during, and after a disaster, using the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Response Framework. This framework established an “all-hazards” approach to enhance the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents. This approach includes homeland security processes for disaster planning, preparing, mitigating, responding, and recovering. The goals of the EDEN program are to maximize the ability of American agricultural producers to prosper by feeding and clothing the world. In doing so, it will ensure that American agricultural products and exports are produced in steady supply and in a manner that can be trusted by our trading partners. Historically, a collateral benefit of the program has been to facilitate and protect rural prosperity and economic development through improved all hazards management of domestic disasters.
Announcement Number:
USDA-NIFA-ES-006632
Closing Date:
July 26, 2018
Link to Full Announcement
Contact Information
Beverly Samuel
(202) 720-6059