Mlembi wa zaulimi a Tom Vilsack adalengeza za ndalama zoposa $ 5.2 miliyoni zothandizira kafukufuku wa nanotechnology m'mayunivesite 11. Mayunivesite afufuza njira zomwe nanotechnology ingagwiritsire ntchito kukonza chitetezo cha chakudya, kupititsa patsogolo mafuta ongowonjezedwanso, kuwonjezera zokolola, kusamalira tizirombo taulimi, ndi zina zambiri. Mphothozo zidapangidwa kudzera mu Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), pulogalamu yampikisano, yowunikiridwa ndi anzawo yasayansi yofunikira komanso yogwiritsidwa ntchito paulimi.
Mayunivesite omwe amalandira ndalama ndi awa:
- Auburn University ku Auburn, Alabama
- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ku New Haven, Connecticut
- Yunivesite ya Central Florida ku Orlando, Florida
- Yunivesite ya Georgia ku Athens, Georgia
- Iowa State University ku Ames, Iowa
- Yunivesite ya Massachusetts ku Amherst, Massachusetts
- Mississippi State University ku Starkville, Mississippi
- Yunivesite ya Lincoln ku Jefferson City, Missouri
- Clemson University ku Clemson, South Carolina
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute ndi State University ku Blacksburg, Virginia
- Yunivesite ya Wisconsin ku Madison, Wisconsin
Ndi ndalama izi, Auburn University ikufuna kupititsa patsogolo kuwunika kwa tizilombo toyambitsa matenda munthawi yonseyi popanga njira yosavuta yodziwira matenda obwera ndi chakudya nthawi imodzi, molondola, mtengo wake, komanso mwachangu. Mississippi State University ifufuza njira zomwe nanochitosan ingagwiritsire ntchito ngati mankhwala oletsa moto komanso oletsa nkhuni omwe alinso otetezeka ku chilengedwe. Akatswiri a nanotechnology, molecular biology, katemera ndi matenda a nkhuku ku yunivesite ya Wisconsin agwira ntchito yopanga katemera wa nanoparticle-based nkhuku pofuna kupewa matenda a nkhuku omwe akubwera. USDA ili ndi mndandanda wathunthu wama projekiti ndi mafotokozedwe ataliatali omwe amapezeka pa intaneti.
Ma projekiti am'mbuyomu akuphatikizapo pulojekiti ya University of Georgia yomwe ikupanga makina opangira ma bio-nanocomposites, okhudzana ndi matenda, ma electrochemical sensors kuti athe kuzindikira matenda oyamba ndi mafangasi omwe amayambitsa kusakhazikika kwa mbewu zosankhidwa; ndi pulojekiti ya University of Massachusetts ikupanga nsanja yodziwira tizilombo toyambitsa matenda muzakudya zomwe ndi zapamwamba kuposa njira yodziwira yomwe ilipo panopo potengera nthawi yowunikira, kukhudzika, komanso kulondola pogwiritsa ntchito njira yopangira mapu ya Raman scattering (SERS) yopanda zilembo, yopanda zilembo .
Kuyambira kulengedwa kwa AFRI, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) wapereka ndalama zoposa $89 miliyoni kuti athetse mavuto okhudzana ndi thanzi la zomera ndi kupanga; $22 miliyoni ya izi yaperekedwa ku kafukufuku wa nanotechnology. Pempho la pulezidenti wa 2017 likufuna kupereka ndalama zonse za AFRI za $ 700 miliyoni; ndalamazi ndiye ndalama zonse zomwe zinavomerezedwa ndi Congress pomwe idakhazikitsa AFRI mu Bill ya 2008 Farm.
Kuyambira mchaka cha 2009, USDA yayika $4.32 biliyoni pothandizira kafukufuku ndi chitukuko. Kafukufuku wasonyeza kuti dola iliyonse yomwe idayikidwa pa kafukufuku waulimi tsopano imabweza $20 ku chuma chathu, USDA idatero.