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Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture

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Advancing agricultural solutions by leveraging innovative science, technologies, and ideas

Our Center is designed to drive innovation and advance agriculture and food systems through transdisciplinary and convergent research approaches. In turn, CAIA leverages diverse expertise and knowledge and fosters innovation discovery and implementation. CAIA develops partnerships, creates synergies, and provides high-impact, tailored research support with the help of our affiliate members for sustainable economic growth and development within the Commonwealth and beyond.

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CyberFarm

CyberFarm: The Commonwealth's First Ag Datathon. The Center for Advanced Innovation in Agriculture (CAIA) and The Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Southwest Node (CCI-SW) invite you to express interest in the Commonwealth’s first agriculture cybersecurity challenge: CyberFarm. Join other students and researchers in competing for $10,000 to perform the project with a $5,000 prize for the winning team!