Integrated Biomass Supply Systems (IBSS) was developed in 2010 in response to the USDA Agriculture and Food ResearchInitiative (AFRI) Request for Applications for Regional Coordinated Agricultural Projects (CAP). The ARFI Sustainable Bioenergy Program priorities include sustainable agriculture, forestry, renewable energy, and rural communities and entrepreneurship. In addition, AFRI is looking for "translational research and development" that supports these priorities and delivery of "science based knowledge to people".
The University of Tennessee, along with multiple academic and industrial partners, submitted the IBSS Partnership proposal in alignment with USDA AFRI CAP purpose and priorities. This Partnership will directly address those AFRI goals in a creative and integrated fashion, which will address the complexity of sustainable biofuel production, and highlight specific, real-world solutions to this complexity.
The University of Tennessee, along with multiple academic and industrial partners, submitted the IBSS Partnership proposal in alignment with USDA AFRI CAP purpose and priorities. This Partnership will directly address those AFRI goals in a creative and integrated fashion, which will address the complexity of sustainable biofuel production, and highlight specific, real-world solutions to this complexity.
