November 8, 2021:
Informational webinar recording
October 22, 2021:
We are pleased to announce an Informational Webinar for researchers interested in learning about the joint Cornell University/Colorado State University Agri-food Systems Targeted Applied Research (ASTAR) pilot small grants program. This webinar will be streamed live starting at 2:30 PM Eastern Time on November 4, 2021. We are requesting participants to register (here) for this event. It is free and open to anyone interested in applying for an ASTAR Grant. A video of the webinar will also be available for streaming afterwards—a link will be posted on the ASTAR program website.
Run in coordination with, and financial support from USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS), ASTAR will support research that uses or strengthens Ag-FEEDS (Agri-Food Environmental Economic Data System). Ag-FEEDS is a collection of recent and historical country Supply, Use, and Input-Output (IO) tables that are organized into an economywide agri-food value chain (AVC) data and modeling framework using the ERS food dollar method. The ASTAR request for proposals and the proposal template are available online at https://astar.business.cornell.edu/. Please direct all questions to the ASTAR Program Coordinator at ASTAR@cornell.edu.
The full webinar program agenda is posted below [download here]:
Agri-food Systems Targeted Applied Research (ASTAR) Grants
Informational Webinar
November 4, 2021
| Activity |
Speaker(s) |
Time (EDT) |
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| I. Opening Remarks |
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| Towards a harmonized United States and Global Agri-food Systems Data Development and Research Agenda |
Professor’s Chris Barrett (Cornell, cbb2@cornell.edu) and Dawn Thilmany (Colorado State, dawn.thilmany@colostate.edu), ASTAR Principal Investigators |
2:30 pm |
| II. Economic Research Service (ERS) Agri-food Systems Research Priority Overviews |
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| Food Economics Division (FED) Agri-food Systems Research Priorities |
Quinton Baker (Quinton.Baker@usda.gov) ERS/FED |
2:40 pm |
| Markets and Trade Economics Division (MTED) Agri-food Systems Research Priorities |
Steven Zahniser (steven.zahniser@usda.gov) & Jeffrey Bloem (Jeffrey.Bloem@usda.gov) ERS/MTED |
2:45 pm |
| Resources and Rural Economy Division (RRED) Agri-food Systems Research Priorities |
Ron Sands (ron.sands@usda.gov) & Karen Maguire (Karen.Maguire2@usda.gov), ERS/RRED |
2:50 pm |
| III. Overview of Ag-FEEDS, ASTAR Tech Support, and the ERS/Cornell FEDS Project |
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| Overview of the Agri-Food Environmental Economic Data System (Ag-FEEDS) |
Pat Canning (patrick.canning@usda.gov) ERS/FED |
2:55 pm |
| Overview of the ASTAR Database Server and IT infrastructure |
Jing Yi (jy348@cornell.edu), ASTAR Project Manager Cornell |
3:05 pm |
| Overview of the ERS/Cornell Food Environment Data System (FEDS) Project |
Miguel Gomez (mig7@cornell.edu), Professor Cornell |
3:10 pm |
| IV. Open Discussion and Audience Questions & Answers (Q&A) |
3:15 pm |
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| Adjourn (or up to 30-minute overtime Q&A) |
3:30 pm (4:00 pm) |
September 27, 2021:
We are pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) by the joint Cornell University/Colorado State University Agri-food Systems Targeted Applied Research (ASTAR) pilot small grants program. Run in coordination with, and financial support from USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS), ASTAR will support research that uses or strengthens Ag-FEEDS (Agri-Food Environmental Economic Data System). Ag-FEEDS is a collection of recent and historical country Supply, Use, and Input-Output (IO) tables that are organized into an economywide agri-food value chain (AVC) data and modeling framework using the ERS food dollar method.
ERS and its research partners have extended the food dollar framework in two directions. First, using the UN’s system of environmental economic accounting (SEEA) central framework, they have developed several environmental factor flow accounts linked to the U.S. food dollar accounts. Second, using data from 61 countries representing over 90% of the global economy for the period 2005-15, ERS and its research partners are developing a global food dollar data system. These two extensions facilitate a wide array of research opportunities, both in terms of expanding the data coverage of these accounts, and in framing new applied agri-food systems research.
The ASTAR RFP and the proposal template are available online at https://astar.business.cornell.edu/. Please direct all questions to the ASTAR Program Coordinator at ASTAR@cornell.edu.
Full proposal due: December 17, 2021 (5pm EST)
[Download RFP] [View RFP Online]
[Download Proposal Templates] [View Proposal Template Online]
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Informational Webinar of Agri-food Systems Targeted Applied Research (ASTAR) Grants