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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #487 |
| Diversified Specialty Crop Agrisystems |
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| Requester: |
UF/IFAS |
Organization: |
UF/IFAS |
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| Project Title: |
Diversified Specialty Crop Agrisystems |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 10:56:02 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Bullard |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Statewide research for environment and agriculture. |
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| Recipient: |
Dr. Jimmy Cheek |
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Contact: |
Cindy Littlejohn |
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1038 McCarty Hall |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 251-6222 |
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Gainesville 32611 |
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Contact email: |
CRLITTLEJOHN@IFAS.UFL.EDU |
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| Counties: |
{Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Coordinating a major initiative to develop high value crops and enterprise to diversify Florida's Ag Industry and finding alternative uses for our existing specialty crops (such as buy local buy fresh)will help sustain thousands of direct and indirect agriculture related jobs. Additionally, food grown within U.S. borders provides reduced risk for food security concerns |
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Create profitable and sustaining farming opportunities for Florida farmers by addressing the challenges of global competitiveness,improving sustainability, improving enviromental factors, increasing viability and upgrading structural facilities |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$1,342,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$1,342,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
None |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2007-2007 |
Amount: |
$500,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Univ. of Florida agency budget request, and approved by the UF Board of Trustees in 2007 |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
The University of Florida Board of Trustees |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
