Food and Nutrition Assistance Research

ERS is the primary source for economic studies and evaluations of domestic food and nutrition assistance programs to meet the needs of USDA, Congress, program managers, program participants, the research community, and the public at large. To address this diverse group, ERS has developed an integrated program of intramural and extramural research.

Up-to-date research on agriculture, food systems and economics will provide support to tribes applying for grants or doing research or setting priorities for vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning. The economic analyses can be helpful in projecting impacts to sectors, particularly if they have an explicit climate change component although not all will.