CBG advances food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences, including conventional and organic food production systems. The program directly aligns with 2018-2022 USDA Strategic Plan, Strategic Goal #4: Facilitate Rural Prosperity and Economic Development; Objective 4.1: Expand rural business opportunity and rural quality of life with access to capital; improved infrastructure, broadband access and connectivity; and support for workforce availability. CBG is designed specifically to build the institutional teaching, research and extension capacities of the eligible institutions through cooperative programs with Federal and non-Federal entities. The program is designed to achieve three major goals:
• To advance the cultural diversity of the FANH sciences scientific and professional workforce by attracting and educating more students from underrepresented groups;
• To strengthen linkages among the 1890 institutions, other colleges and universities, USDA, other federal agencies, and private industry; and
• To enhance and strengthen the quality of Teaching/Education, Research, and Extension programs at the 1890 institutions to more readily establish them as full partners in the U.S. FANH sciences higher education system.
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