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WASHINGTON, June 22, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced an investment in youth development projects to advance youth understanding of climate change and nutrition security challenges, while invigorating their interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and careers.
This $39 million investment across five projects is made through NIFA’s Youth Innovators Empowering Agriculture Across America (YEA) program, part of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), the nation’s leading competitive grants program for agricultural sciences.
“Young people will lead the future of food and agriculture. Youth development programs, like those supported through YEA, provide tremendous opportunities for young people that foster healthy relationships and build on their leadership strengths,” said USDA NIFA Director Dr. Manjit Misra. “These projects exemplify NIFA’s goals to strengthen and promote healthy youth development and give young people the tools they need to be catalysts for deep and lasting change in their communities.” 
YEA programs will lead to a reimagined youth development outreach system that will prepare young people for careers in agriculture and food sciences, and support youth programs like 4-H. 
YEA projects also support AFRI priorities as outlined in the Farm Bill and USDA’s priorities of addressing climate change via climate smart agriculture and forestry; advancing racial justice, equity, and opportunity; creating more and better market opportunities; tackling food and nutrition insecurity; and promoting workforce development. 
The award recipients include: 
NIFA invests in and advances agricultural research, education, and Extension across the nation to make transformative discoveries that solve societal challenges. NIFA supports initiatives that ensure the long-term viability of agriculture and applies an integrated approach to ensure that groundbreaking discoveries in agriculture-related sciences and technologies reach the people who can put them into practice. In FY2022, NIFA’s total investment was $2.2 billion. 
Visit our Twitter: @USDA_NIFA; LinkedIn: USDA-NIFA. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts.
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