Sec. 203. Sustainable agriculture research and education resilience initiative
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Section 1619 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5801 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (5), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: increase resilience in the context of a changing climate and related economic, social, and environmental shocks. ; and in subsection (b)— in paragraph (2)— by striking management and inserting systems and practices ; and by inserting resilience, after profitability, ; and by amending paragraph
(3)to read as follows: The term resilience means, with respect to an agricultural management system, the ability of such system to absorb and recover from climate and other disturbances, such that the system thrives in the face of severe shocks. . Section 1621(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5811(b) ) is amended by striking or Federal or State inserting 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 ( . 7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382 )), or Federal, State, or Tribal Section 1627 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5821 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: In close conjunction with programs and projects established under sections 1621 and 1623, the Secretary shall establish a research, education, extension, and outreach initiative, which may include farmer and rancher research and demonstration grants, and use an interdisciplinary approach wherever appropriate, to increase the resilience of agriculture and the food system in the context of a changing climate and related economic, social, and environmental shocks. ; and in the second sentence, by striking program and inserting initiative ; by striking paragraph (3); by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and
(5)as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively; by inserting before paragraph
(3)(as so redesignated), the following: to equip farmers to prepare for, adapt, and transform their farming systems when confronted by shocks and stresses to their agricultural production and livelihoods; to support local and regional food systems that support resilience and enhance local access and control over productive resources; ; in paragraph
(3)(as redesignated by clause (iii))— by inserting climate and after adverse ; by inserting soil quality and after enhance ; and by inserting reduce dependency on fossil fuels, after inputs, ; in paragraph
(4)(as redesignated by clause (iii)), by inserting increase resilience after practices to ; and in paragraph
(6)(as redesignated by clause (iii)), by striking integrated and all that follows through programs and inserting policies and programs to improve food and agricultural system resilience ; by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d); and by inserting after subsection
(a)the following: Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2030. . The chapter heading of chapter 2 of subtitle B of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 ( 7 U.S.C. 5821 ) is amended to read as follows: . Agricultural and food system resilience initiative
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Sec. 203
Sustainable agriculture research and education resilience initiative
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103-382
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