USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) ia Nov. 19 na tuuina atu le sili atu i le $16 miliona i le FY 2020 fesoasoani mo Polokalame 29 i le Polokalame Su'esu'ega Fa'afouina Pisinisi Laiti (SBIR), Vaega II.
O le Polokalame Su'esu'ega Fa'afouga Pisinisi Laiti a le USDA-NIFA (SBIR) e taula'i i le fa'aliliuina o su'esu'ega fa'asaienisi i oloa ma auaunaga e iai fa'atauga fa'apisinisi ma/po'o manuia lautele.
"O la matou polokalame SBIR e lagolagoina pisinisi laiti o loʻo galulue e fausia ni tekonolosi fou, faʻalavelave ma fesoasoani i le siitia o suʻesuʻega alualu i luma mai le fausiaina i le maketi," o le tala lea a le Sui Faʻatonu o le NIFA Parag Chitnis. "Talu mai le 1983, o lenei polokalame ua faʻatupeina le silia ma le 2,000 suʻesuʻega ma atinaʻe poloketi, faʻatagaina le faitau selau o pisinisi laiti e suʻesuʻe lo latou gafatia faʻatekonolosi, ma tuʻuina atu se faʻamalosi mo le faʻatauina o manatu fou."
O lo'o i ai le tele o ituaiga o poloketi o lo'o fuafuaina SBIR Vaega II. O nisi nei o fa'ata'ita'iga:
- "Shielding Spruce and Douglas Fir Trees from Bark Beetle Attack" (ISCA Technologies, Inc.) - O lenei poloketi e faʻamoemoe e faʻafouina le gaosiga o pheromones iniseti gaosia e pulea ai faʻamaʻi faʻatoʻaga. Pheromones e le oona, e masani ona a'afia ai na'o meaola faalafua ua fa'atatau i ai, e le tu'ua ai ni toega leaga i fua o mea'ai, ma fa'atupu ai sina fa'aleagaina o le si'osi'omaga.
- "A Scalable and Rechargeable Antimicrobial Coating for Food Equipment" (Halomine Inc.) - Ua fuafuaina e le Centers for Disease Control and Prevention e 48 miliona tagata e mamaʻi mai maʻi e mafua mai i meaʻai, 128,000 o loʻo taofia i le falemaʻi, ma 3,000 tagata e maliliu i tausaga taʻitasi i le Iunaite Setete. E le gata i lea, o le tau i kamupani taumafa e mafai foi ona maualuga. E o'o mai i le taimi nei, e leai se mea fa'atau fa'atau mea fa'ama'i fa'ama'i fa'ama'i ua fa'amanino lautele e tetee atu ai i fa'ama'i fa'ama'i. O le HaloFilm™ o se mea mata'utia, fa'asu'i oloa, pe a fa'amago, e tu'u ai se ata manifinifi manino i luga o le fa'aluega e fa'aitiitia/tete'e ai fa'ama'i i mea'ai mea'ai.
- "Ultraflow Power Sensors for Firefighter Safety and Monitoring of Surrounding Air Quality" (KWJ Engineering Inc.) - O afi a Wildland e maua ai le tele o le filogia o le ea, e masani lava i luga o nofoaga tetele. O nei mea filogia e ono lamatia ai le soifua maloloina ma le saogalemu i tagata muamua e tali atu, faʻapea foʻi ma tagata nonofo i nofoaga lata ane ma nuʻu i lalo o le matagi. Ua fausia e le KWJ se laina o mea laiti, taugofie, ae sa'o, masini eletise eletise e faʻaleleia atili ai le saogalemu, mataʻituina o le tagata lava ia, ma le mataʻituina o le lelei o le ea mo afi afi.
- "Drivetrain for High Capacity Factor Distributed Wind Turbine" (Pecos Wind Power, Inc.) - O lenei poloketi o le a faʻaalia ai o le faʻateleina o uila faʻasalalau faʻasalalau laiti o se fofo faʻapitoa ma le tamaoaiga e tuʻuina atu ai le tau maualalo o le eletise i nuʻu i tua i le atunuʻu atoa.
Asiasi i le upega tafa'ilagi a le USDA-NIFA mo se lisi atoa o le Vaega II (FY2020) SBIR foa'i tupe. A'oa'o atili e uiga ile NIFA SBIR ma faitau fa'ata'otoga o galuega fa'atupe ua mavae.
Polokalama fa'atupeina e le NIFA e lagolagoina le tele o autu o lo'o fa'amatala i le USDA Science Blueprinthttps://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/usda-science-blueprint.pdf ma fa'alatalata atili atu i tatou i le fa'ataunu'uina o sini o lo'o otooto atu i totonu USDA's Agriculture Innovation Agenda.