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The National Finance Center (NFC) is a federal government agency division under the United States Department of Agriculture that provides human resources, financial and administrative services for agencies of the United States federal government. NFC's customer base is composed of more than 130 federal organizations, representing all three ...
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). [3] ARS is one of four agencies in USDA's Research, Education and Economics mission area.
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is USDA's primary extramural research funding agency. Its mission is to advance knowledge for agriculture, the environment, and human health and wellbeing by funding targeted research, education, and extension projects and programs, some of which are specific to the Land-Grant University ...
The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services was the third-ranking official in the United States Department of Agriculture prior to reorganization of several mission areas, announced on May 11, 2017. The mission area of USDA's purpose was to "help to keep America's farmers and ranchers in business as they face ...
The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, or USA(NRE), is a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Agriculture and the principal advisor to the United States Secretary of Agriculture on policy to promote the conservation and sustainable use of the Nation's natural resources.
The Rural Development Administration (RDA) was a USDA agency established by the 1990 farm bill (P.L. 101-624, Sec. 2302), amending the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), to administer FmHA community and business programs and other USDA rural development programs.
The USDA Farm to School Grant Program is funded through the use of grants by the USDA, with 2019 seeing nearly $10 million awarded supporting 3.2 million students in over 5,400 schools across 42 states. [12] The program also seeks to encourage young children to pursue careers related to the creation and distribution of food supplies.
Logo of the USDA National Finance Center. Source: Extracted from PDF version of an NFC System for Time and Attendance Reporting brochure (direct PDF URL ) Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture: Permission (Reusing this file)