NIFA Invests $990K in Response to New World Screwworm Threat and Bovine Theilerios

NIFA has funded - through the Rapid Response to Emerging and Re-emerging Pest and Diseases Events Across Food and Agriculture Systems program - one project that addresses the threat of New World Screwworm and one project that addresses the spread of bovine theileriosis. Rapid responses to pest and disease events are critical to maintaining a secure, accessible, safe, nutritious, affordable and abundant food supply. Innovative Extension and applied research efforts are needed to alleviate the impacts pest and disease events across the food and agricultural system.

The Rapid Response to Pests and Disease Events program, funded through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, is designed to rapidly deploy strategies and fill knowledge and information gaps to protect the nation's food and agricultural supply chains - and the people who support and rely on them - during and after the emergence or re-emergence of pests and diseases associated with animal production systems and/or the emergence or re-emergence of invasive diseases, insects, and weeds associated with plant production systems and/or toxins affecting the health of either plant or animal production systems.

Awardees:

• University of Florida
• University of Arkansas