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      About S&TFood and Agriculture Defense
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              pigs on a farmIn response to the National Security Memorandum-16 “Strengthening the Security and Resilience of United States Food and Agriculture,” the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) established a Food & Agriculture Defense Matrix Team to unite its work in this area and streamline its support to the mission. The matrix team aligns the Food & Agriculture Defense efforts within S&T and ensures that the Directorate is prepared to respond to gaps and requirements to defend the food and agriculture systems of the United States.

S&T’s Food & Agriculture Defense Matrix Team conducts and coordinates research, development, test, and evaluation on technologies, techniques, procedures, and capabilities necessary to protect U.S. food and agriculture from agricultural pests and crop diseases; transboundary animal diseases; intentional or unintentional occurrences of food contamination or adulteration; natural, accidental, or intentional biothreats which may present harm to animals or plants; and other high-consequence events that pose a risk to homeland security.

S&T’s food and agriculture defense work includes risk assessments; threat characterizations; countermeasures to defend against pathogens, pests, and toxins; food defense and ingestion threat modeling; characterizations of chemical threats for food contamination and adulteration; laboratory experiments and foundational research; diagnostics; veterinary medical countermeasures; decontamination strategies; trainings; and coordination with partners for joint efforts that defend food and agriculture systems.
      
      Funding Opportunities for Laboratory Research in Food and Agricultural Defense
               Deadline Extended until May 31, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST.

The Science and Technology Directorate's Long Range Broad Agency Announcement(LRBAA) is a standing, open invitation to the scientific and technical communities to fund pioneering research and development projects in support of our nation’s security.

S&T recently extended the deadline for submission to the LRBAA, including for the following food and agricultural defense research opportunities:

Research, Testing and Evaluation of Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Defense Prototype Countermeasure Tools to Increase Resiliency Against High Consequence Domestic Terrestrial Animal Disease Events
	Laboratory Research to Characterize Agricultural Threat Agents
	Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation of Food and Agriculture Defense Tools and Technologies for Countering Threats to Plant or Crop Diseases and Pests

For information about research topics and how to submit to a topic visit the LRBAA solicitation portal.
              **Aligned S&T Efforts**

S&T’s Food & Agriculture Defense Matrix Team includes the following programs and functional areas:

Office of Mission Capability and Support

	Food, Agriculture, and Veterinary Defense (FAVD) program
		Probabilistic Analysis for National Threats Hazards and Risks (PANTHR) program
		Chemical Threat Characterization (CTC) program
			Agriculture Threat Characterization (AgTC) program
			Food and Agriculture Sector Risk Analytic Capability (FASRAC) activity, under the TIGER risk assessment program
	S&T Office of National Laboratories facilities
	Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC)
		Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC)
		National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC)
	Centers of Excellence
	Center for Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense Fact Sheet
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		Center for Zoonotic and Animal Disease Defense Fact Sheet
			Food Protection and Defense Institute Fact Sheet
			The Borders, Trade, and Immigration Institute Fact Sheet**Collaboration Across DHS**

S&T works closely with DHS Components to protect the food and agriculture sector:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB)
	Border Security at Ports of Entry
		Protecting Agriculture
			Agriculture Canine
	Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
	Food and Agriculture Sector
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	Recovery from Food or Agriculture Incidents
		National Food and Agriculture Incident Annex to the Response and Recovery Federal Interagency Operations Plans**News**

Blog: Safeguarding Our Agriculture and Food Supply
	News Release: DHS Completes Construction, Commissioning of National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
	Blog: It’s Time to Talk about Food and Agriculture Security
	Feature Article: Using DNA to Search for the True Origins of Imported Honey
	Feature Article: Protecting Food from the Farm to our Plates
	S&T Proactively Preparing for African Swine Fever
	News Release: DHS Awards $193K for Standards Based Technology to Enhance the Visibility of Food Supply ChainsResources

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Master Question List (MQL)
	Master Question List (MQL) on African Swine Fever—Learn about the virus and the current state of available information.
	DHS Fact Sheet on National Security Memorandum-16 on Strengthening the Security and Resilience of United States Food and AgricultureContact

S&T Food & Agriculture Defense Matrix Team: ST_FAVD@hq.dhs.gov

Learn more about us and discover how your organization can partner with S&T to make the homeland more secure.
  
    
    TopicsScience and TechnologyKeywordsFood and Agriculture
              Science and Technology

    Last Updated: 03/19/2024
  
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