BARD Food Security Technology Accelerator
Funds US and Israeli industry-research consortia developing food security technologies at TRL 3–6 through binational conditional grants of up to $1 million.
The BARD Food Security Technology Accelerator is a conditional grant program administered by the U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD), a binational foundation established by the governments of the United States and Israel. It is BARD's first industry-facing pilot initiative, designed to close the gap between laboratory research and commercial deployment in food …
Climate resilience in agriculture (crop varieties, vertical farming, greenhouse technology, crop genetics, water management, AI/precision agriculture); crop and animal health (disease prevention, detection, management technologies); AI-powered precision farming and digital agriculture (sensors, data analytics, farm decision-making tools).
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