USDA Invests in New HBCU Agribusiness Innovation Center at NC A&T State University

In North Carolina, USDA-NIFA is investing $1.92 million to establish an Agriculture Business Innovation Center at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a Historically Black College and University in Greensboro, North Carolina. The new innovation center will serve as a technical assistance hub to enhance agriculture-based business development opportunities nationwide,

The FY 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Section 766 (Public Law 116-260) authorized USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to issue a competitive grant to support the establishment of an Agriculture Business Innovation Center at an HBCU. The new center will enhance agriculture-based business development opportunities including:

Providing technical assistance to food and agricultural producers, offering production scale assessments, market planning and development, business planning and other advisory services