National Institute of Nutrition and Agriculture ku United States Department of Agriculture (NIFA) yapereka ndalama zinayi kumapulojekiti okhudza kuwongolera komanso kukana kwa mbatata ku tizirombo. Ndalama zamapulojekitiwa kuyambira pa Seputembara 1, 2021 mpaka Ogasiti 31, 2023 zidzakhala $ 2,666 miliyoni.
Ntchitozi ndi cholinga chopanga ndikuyesa mitundu yabwino kwambiri ya mbatata yogulitsa pogwiritsa ntchito kuswana kwakanthawi komanso njira zapamwamba za mamolekyu ndi biotechnological.
Ndalama zimagawidwa motere:
Washington State University (Tri-State Breeding Program), $ 943k
Michigan State University, $ 797
Yunivesite ya Maine, $ 510
Texas A&M University, $415
Kufufuza kwa pulojekitiyi kumathandizira kukonza bwino mbatata ndikuwonjezera kukana kwa tizirombo ndi matenda.
NIFA imathandizira kafukufuku waposachedwa kwambiri pa kuswana kwa mbewu, ma genetics ndi genomics. Kupanga zatsopano pazaulimi kumabweretsa kupanga zinthu zambiri zaulimi zomwe sizikhudza chilengedwe.