The Department of Homeland Security awarded a total of $33
million to Texas A&M and the University of Minnesota
to establish agro-security centers that would focus on foreign
animal diseases and food security.
Texas A&M is expected to receive $18 million and the
University of Minnesota is expected to receive $15 million
over three years to create "Homeland Security Centers of
Excellence."
Texas A&M will be tasked with studying the impact of
high consequence foreign animal and zoonotic diseases. The
center will be known as the National Center for Foreign
Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense.
The University of Minnesota's new center, the University
Center for Post-Harvest Food Protection and Defense, will
address agro-security issues related to post-harvest food
protection.
The Department for Homeland Security announced the program
last December and sought proposals from universities around
the country.
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