welcome to this short video about the
long-term goals associated with the usda
national institute of food and
agriculture
afri sustainable agricultural systems
funding program
applications to the sustainable
agricultural systems program must focus
on systems approaches that significantly
improve the local and regional supply of
climate smart
sustainable safe nutritious and
accessible food and other agricultural
products while fostering economic
revitalization in america
in this video we will highlight
information about food and nutrition
security long-term goal
these goals support projects that
enhance
the importance of food and agriculture
to health of the nation
through resilient local and regional
food systems adoption and application of
new or existing technologies
tools education and other resources to
ensure access to adequate safe
nutritious and affordable food
we also encourage applicants to view our
videos about other long-term goals
within
sustainable agricultural systems grant
program which include
nutrition climate smart agriculture and
forestry and strengthening the
bioeconomy
this goal
of food and nutrition security
emphasizes local and regional food
systems including applications with
strategies to develop shorter food
supply chains for nutritious foods that
are equitable
culturally appropriate and compatible
with community needs
this goal recognizes that underserved
for communities such as racial and
ethnic minority populations lower income
rural and remote populations suffer the
greatest disparities in food insecurity
as a result
food insecurity often coexists with
diet-related chronic diseases including
heart disease diabetes and cancer
the food and nutrition security goal
recognizes that inequitable impacts of
climate change also coins coexist with
food and nutrition in security
this goal recognizes that food and
nutrition security is interrelated with
challenges and opportunities with food
production system
applications addressing this goal should
be designed to challenge social
determinants of health through
integrated research education
and
extension or outreach activities
including 4-h or other forms of positive
youth development programs
and to address food and nutrition
security among the nation's most
vulnerable populations
it is important to underscore
that projects addressing this goal must
develop
implement
or enhance understanding of at least one
of the following priorities
local and regional food systems
nutrition sensitive climate smart
agriculture
nutrition security
and diet related health disparities
those are the three priorities in the
next three slides we will focus on each
of these priority areas
applications addressing these priority
of local and regional food system
must must develop implement or enhance
understanding
on building resilient local and regional
food systems that foster and support
agricultural innovation
and ensure that america's agricultural
system is equitable sustainable and
prosperous
applications addressing this focused
area of the local and regional food
systems
must also develop
implement or enhance understanding on
designing culturally and contextually
appropriate approaches to reduce food
supply chain disruption with an emphasis
on mitigating
the effects of climate and other
disasters on food systems
and
fostering resilient food systems in
disaster prone areas
the second priority area is the
nutrition sensitive climate smart
agriculture
applications addressing this priority
must develop
implement or enhance understanding on
promoting productive
profitable and nutrition sensitive
climate smart production practices that
increase returns on investments for
farmers or producers
and mitigate economic costs
food waste and particularly among
underserved farmers
these projects must also promote
nutritious crops while ensuring more
sustainable production in terms of soil
health
nutrient density and crop resiliency to
climate variability
the dark priority area is the nutrition
security and diet related health
disparities
applications addressing these priorities
must develop implement or enhance
understanding on development of the
innovative approaches to address the
upstream social determinants of health
with an emphasis on fostering
connections with sustainable
agricultural systems that integrate
robust partnerships and efforts led by
or with strong representation from
underserved populations
this concludes this video about food and
nutrition security long-term goal for
the average sustainable agricultural
systems program
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other videos about this afri program and
to check out our web resources which
include a list of previously vital
projects
frequently asked questions and other
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