Ua hāʻawi ka National Institute of Nutrition and Agriculture o ka United States Department of Agriculture (NIFA) i ʻehā mau haʻawina i nā papahana e pili ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka maikaʻi a me ke kūʻē ʻana o nā ʻuala i nā pests. ʻO ka loaʻa kālā no kēia mau papahana mai Kepakemapa 1, 2021 a ʻAukake 31, 2023 he $ 2,666 miliona.
Kuhi ʻia nā papahana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā ʻano ʻuala pāʻoihana maikaʻi loa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hoʻohua maʻamau a me nā ʻano molecular a me biotechnological holomua.
Mahele ʻia ke kālā penei:
Ke Kulanui Mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona (Tri-State Breeding Program), $ 943k
Ke Kulanui Mokuʻāina ʻo Michigan, $797
Kulanui o Maine, $510
Ke Kulanui o Texas A&M, $415
E kōkua ka noiʻi papahana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ʻuala a hoʻonui i ka pale ʻana i nā pest a me nā maʻi.
Kākoʻo ʻo NIFA i ka noiʻi hou loa i ka hoʻoulu mea kanu, genetics a me genomics. ʻO ka hana hou i ka hana mahiʻai e alakaʻi i ka hana ʻana i nā huahana mahiʻai me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hopena i ke kaiapuni.