2010 APPROPRIATIONS
 
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

  
Project Name and Location  
  
Agricultural Development and Resource Conservation - Statewide  
$1,400,000
The intent of this request is to continue a program to stimulate agricultural development in Hawaii by providing training, management and funding assistance to effectively utilize the resources released by the closure of sugarcane and plantation agriculture.  Sustainable development and utilization of natural resources are unique and specific to individual rural communities.  The Resource Conservation and Development Councils provide community based leadership to address community specific issues rather than relying on state or federally driven initiatives.    
  
Agricultural Development in the American Pacific - Statewide  
$400,000
This initiative is to support food and agricultural science at a consortium of land-grant institutions in the American-Pacific region.  
  
Agriculture Diversification - Tropical Fruits- Island of Oahu and the Big Island  
$153,000
The purpose of this initiative is to maintain high quality, Hawaii-branched fruit be available in the market place and to maintain Hawaii's market share.  
  
Agriculture Postharvest, Value-added Products, and Processing Program - Statewide  
$1,057,000
This initiative will provide farmers and other members of the community with new post harvest methods and technology training to increase produce value, demonstrate value-added possibilities for by-product usage, reduce post harvest or market losses, improve produce marketability, and decrease processing, handling, storage, shipping, or market costs.   
  
Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions - Statewide  
$3,200,000
The emphasis for this project is focused on building capacity and ownership among Hawaii's rural agriculture communities including a large number of Native Hawaiian and other traditionally underserved minority populations.  These funds are equally divided between Hawaii and Alaska.  
  
APHIS Interline - Islands of Kauai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii, and Molokai  
$3,000,000
This initiative provides for preclearance passenger baggage inspection for those interisland passengers departing Lihue, Kauai; Kahului, Maui; Kapalua-West Maui; Lanai City, Lanai; Hilo, Hawaii; Kailua-Kona, Hawaii; and Molokai with subsequent connections.  
  
Geographically Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers - Statewide  
$2,600,000
Authorized under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-234) this initiative improves the ability of geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to compete in interstate and foreign commerce by providing direct assistance to U.S. farmers and ranchers in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Caribbean and Pacific Basins.   
  
Hawaii Agriculture Research Center - Island of Oahu  
$613,000
The Hawaii Agriculture Research Center uses its sugarcane research capacity to enhance the competitiveness of sugarcane growers in the United States and to support diversification of Hawaii's agriculture.  
  
Hawaii Floriculture Development - Statewide  
$300,000
The purpose of this initiative is to provide research and development to support new and unique cultivars and efficient practices to control growers costs, which is critical to the continued success of Hawaii's floral and nursery industries.  
  
Minor Crop Pest Control - Statewide   
$247,000
The main goal of this project is to develop economical and environmentally friendly pest and disease management strategies for Hawaii's economically important and potentially important crops, all classified as minor crops.  
  
Multi-species Sterile Fruit Fly Production Facility - Statewide  
$2,600,000
The sterile insect technique (SIT) has become the fruit fly eradication tool of choice worldwide, largely in response to public opposition to chemical control.  The goal of this project is to design a multi-species sterile fruit fly production facility to provide emergency preparedness for SIT programs as prescribed in the National Incident Management System and to support fruit fly exclusion programs.  
  
Non-toxic Fruit Fly Control - Statewide  
$200,000
The objective of this project continues to be development and evaluation of non-toxic, environmentally suitable, and, publicly acceptable technologies and processes for fruit fly control to reduce pest impacts in Hawaii to allow the interstate and international movement of Hawaii agricultural products.  

Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (PBARC) Construction - Island of Hawaii  
$5,000,000
The transformation from large-scale plantation agriculture to a smaller-scale diversified agriculture in Hawaii and the American Pacific requires a strong agricultural research base of support.  Completion of the construction of the Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center effectively provides this base of research support.  This Center effectively complements the research programs provided by the state and territorial entities.  
  
Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (PBARC) Staffing - Island of Hawaii  
$700,000
This request is for staffing the completed portion of the PBARC laboratory. With the completion of Phase I construction, it is essential that additional funds be provided to PBARC to begin execution of staffing plans for this new laboratory facility.  The two priority areas on the staffing plan are a scientist focused on sustainable and organic agriculture; and, a scientist to develop new value added products, especially as they relate to crops that can be used for feeds and that may be used for biofuels.    
  
Papaya Ringspot Virus - Statewide  
$233,000
This initiative is to allow the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University to Hawaii to conduct research on the management of papaya diseases and to expand the techniques and knowledge obtained from this program to create disease and pest resistance in other tropical crops such as banana and other tropical crops.    
  
Pineapple Nematode Control - Statewide  
$282,000
This initiative would allow the Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center to conclude research leading to nematode resistance and flowering control, and to expand the techniques and knowledge obtained from this program to create disease and pest resistance in other tropical crops.  
  
Prevention and Control of Invasive Termite Species in Hawaii - Statewide  
$200,000
This initiative supports continuation of the development and deployment of sustainable areawide control of termites through community engagement and development of control methods for Pacific-Asian invasive termites.  
  
Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture Research (TSTAR) - Pacific and Caribbean Basins  
$800,000
This project provides research that maintains and enhances production of tropical and subtropical agricultural products, while encouraging agricultural practices that are environmentally acceptable.    
  
Tropical Aquaculture Feeds - Island of Oahu  
$1,438,000
The purpose of these funds is to restore to Fiscal Year 2009 level for the Pacific Basin Agriculture Research Center to expand its Cooperative Agreement with the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii to develop sustainable feed, fertilizer, and bioenergy products and systems based on Hawaii crop by-products.  
  
Varroa Mite Suppression - Islands of Oahu and Hawaii  
$469,000
This initiative is to continue comprehensive activities to suppress and limit the varroa mite population on the Island of Oahu and to eradicate population on the Island of Hawaii.  
  
Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations - Islands of Hawaii, Maui, and Oahu.  
$5,050,000
This initiative seeks completion of approved projects designed to increase water storage capacity, efficiency of delivery systems, and water conservation in Hawaii:  Lower Hamakua Ditch Watershed ($1,800,000), Upcountry Maui Watershed ($2,000,000), Lahaina Watershed ($1,000,000), and the Wailuku-Alenaio Watershed ($250,000).  
  
Watershed Planning Staff- Statewide  
$500,000
Staffing funds are needed for a resource conservationist, a hydrologist, an economist, and specialized consultants to address the increased demand for watershed improvement and conservation projects in Hawaii.  
  
Wildlife Services Hawaii  
$2,230,000
The Wildlife Services (WS) program in Hawaii, Guam, and the Pacific Islands focuses on the protection of agriculture, public and private properties, natural resources and human health and safety posed by wildlife i.e., hazards to aviation, invasive species and feral animals.  This agency fills a void in the Pacific Island area where there is limited expertise available to deal with vertebrate pest problems over large geographical areas.  A key part of the operations program of this federal agency is to prevent movement of Brown Tree Snakes (BTS) from Guam to Hawaii.    
  
Women in Technology - Islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and Hawaii  
$500,000
This initiative recruits and facilitates more girls/women and underrepresented groups into science, technology engineering and math (STEM) education and careers by addressing rural and cultural barriers that have historically precluded such groups from entering technology based fields.