<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item link="https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/aamu-will-promote-climate-smart-agroforestry-practices-in-alabama.html" display="true" type="news-list"><title>AAMU Receives $1 Million NIFA-NRCS Grant</title><summary>Three AAMU scientists in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences received a $1.153 million grant to teach farmers how to select crops and trees that are resistant to climate change. The grant is part of a 5-year, $5 Million grant awarded to four 1890 Agroforestry Consortium Institutions: Tuskegee University, Alabama A&amp;M University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Virginia State University by The National Institute of Food and Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NIFA-NRCS).</summary><date>2023-12-15T12:00:00-08:00</date><imageAltText>Dr. Colmore Christian, Dr. Srinivasa Rao Mentreddy, Dr. Dedrick Davis</imageAltText><image>/_images/scientistslrcropped.jpg</image><name>AAMU Will Promote Climate-Smart Agroforestry Practices in Alabama</name><first>AAMU</first><last>Will Promote Climate-Smart Agroforestry Practices in Alabama</last><url>https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/aamu-will-promote-climate-smart-agroforestry-practices-in-alabama.html</url><tags/></item>