Manage budget and comply with institution’s, grant agency, and OMB regulations
Coordinate program activities
Planning and advertising projects workshops and courses
Develop workshops and prepare educational materials if proposed
Develop project publications if proposed
Offer workshops to farmers and ranchers
Supervise graduate students assistants and non faculty for projects
Write project reports and project performance reports
COMPETITIVE GRANTS:
Outreach – Risk Management and Emergency Preparedness in Puerto Rico, PI 2020 ERME-USDA-NIFA. Award: $100,000.
Outreach – Agricultural and Food Economic Enhancement Incubator, PI 2020, Puerto Rico Department of Housing-CDBG Funds. Requested Budget: $2,500,000, pending.
Outreach – Implementing Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction and Hazard Mitigation Strategies through Development and Integration of Community Capacity Building in the Rio Grande de Añasco Watershed, Co-PI 2020, DHS-FEMA Hazard Mitigation Funds. Requested Budget: $11,500,000, pending.
Outreach – Covid-19 economic impact, readiness & preparedness for milk and meat Hispanic producers and farmworkers and agri-food system, PI 2020 USDA NIFA. Requested Budget: 1,000,000.
Outreach – Fighting COVID-19: Assessment of the Impact of Agricultural Extension Training on Covid19 in the Meat Supply Chain in Puerto Rico, Co-PI 2020, UPR-PRST. Award: $175,000
Outreach – Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers, CO-PD.2019. USDA-OAO. Award $233,102.40, started October 2019.
Research – Data Integration Center for Food and Agriculture in Puerto Rico’s, Phase I. PI. 2018 USDA- National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Requested Budget $499,821.
Outreach – Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers, CO-PD.2018. USDA-OAO. Award $199,421.87
Education – Applied Economic Research Center (AAERC) for the Agricultural Sciences. PI. 2016-2017 USDA- National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Requested Budget $150,000.
Education – Developing Research Skills in Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Students. PI. 2016-2017 USDA- National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Requested Budget $150,000.
Outreach – Delivering Marketing Education to Beginning, Veterans, and Historically Under Deserved Producers in Puerto Rico. PI. 2015-2016 USDA- National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Risk Management Educational Center, Southern Region. Requested Budget: $50,000, Award $50,000.
Research & Outreach – Economic Viability of USDA Organic Certified Products and Certified Chicken and Eggsin TropicalEnvironments: An Integrated ad Multidisciplinary Approach. PI. 2015-2016 USDA- National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative. Requested Budget: $1,000,000.
Outreach – Next Generation of Female Farmers Engaging in a Sustainable and Competitive Agriculture. Co-PI 2015-2016, USDA- Natural Resource Conservation Service, Caribbean Conservation Innovation Grants. Budget Requested: $75,000, Award $75,000.
Outreach – Agricultural Marketing Education Center for Puerto Rico: A Consumer based Approach. PI. USDA-Farm Service Agency, Outreach and Education, Technical Assistance, and Financial Education for FSA Programs, Functions, and Activities. Budget Requested: $99,000.
Outreach – Women in Puerto Rico’s Agriculture Conference. 2015-2016. Co-PI. USDA Southern Risk Management Educational Center. Award: $5,000.
Outreach – Technology & Management Educational Center for Socially Disadvantage Farmers and Ranchers in Puerto Rico, Phase III. 2014-2015. PI. USDA-Office of Advocacy and Outreach, Award Number: USDA-OAO: 59-2501-14-041. Award: $179,220.
Outreach – Increasing Profitability and Viability by Managing Risks in Puerto Rico. PI. University of Arkansas – Southern Risk Management Education Center, 2014 Extension Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program. Budget Requested: $50,000.
Outreach – Women in Puerto Rico’s Agriculture Preserving Farm Lands for a Sustainable Development”. 2013-2014. Co-PI. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS; 69-F-352-10-01. Award: $60,000.
Outreach – Technology & Management Educational Center for Socially Disadvantage Farmers and Ranchers in Puerto Rico, Phase IV. 2014-2015. PI. USDA-Office of Advocacy and Outreach, Award Number: USDA-OAO: 59-2501-14-041.Budget Requested: $400,000.
Outreach & Education – Agricultural Entrepreneurship Center for Socially Disadvantage Beginning Farmers and Ranchers inPuerto Rico. PI. 2013-2014, USDA- National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program. Requested Budget: $749,999.
Outreach – Technology & Management Educational Center for Socially Disadvantage Farmers in Puerto Rico PhaseII. 2011-2012. PI. USDA-Office of Advocacy and Outreach, Award Number: USDA-OAO: 59-2501-10-030. Award: $400,000.
Outreach – Sustainable Development by Women in Puerto Rico’s Agriculture. 2011-2012. Co-PI. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS; 69-F-352-10-01. Award: $100,000.
Research – Development of an Economically Feasible Food Processing Plant Model for Minimally ProcessedAgricultural Crops. 2011- 2012. Co-PI. USDA- Rural Development. Award: $ 307,704.
Outreach & Research – Developing Coastal Communities in Puerto Rico: A Consumer Based Approach for Local Fresh Fish. PI. 2012-2013, USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program. Requested Budget: $333,177.
Outreach & Education – Agricultural Entrepreneurship Center for Young Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Puerto Rico. PI. 2010-2011, USDA- National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program. Requested Budget: $750,000.
Outreach & Education – Agricultural Entrepreneurship Center for Young Beginning Farmers and Ranchers in Puerto Rico. PI. 2009-2010, USDA- National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program. Requested Budget: $741,899.
Outreach – Technology & Management Educational Center for Socially Disadvantage Farmers in Puerto Rico. 2009-2012. PI. USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Award Number: USDA-NIFA: 2009-39300-20235. Award: $300,000.
