Centers & Programs
Arkansas Clean Plant Center
The Arkansas Clean Plant Center for Berries provides plant nursery operators and berry growers in Arkansas and the U.S. with plants that are free of targeted-pathogens.
Arkansas Food Innovation Center
Located at SAREC in Fayetteville, AFIC is the State’s premier center assisting all sizes of food entrepreneurs transition from concept to commercial, retail-ready product through expert food safety, processing, packaging, and regulatory advice and assistance.
Arkansas Forest Resources Center
Located in Monticello, AFRC is a designated research and extension center of excellence that enhances and ensures the sustainability of forest-based natural resources through the interdisciplinary partnership of the Division of Agriculture and UA-Monticello.
Arkansas Water Resources Center
Located in Fayetteville, the Center is part of a national network to research irrigation, wastewater disposal, ground water, erosion, pollution, and ecosystems problems; enhance understanding of water quality issues; and transfer discoveries to water managers and the public.
Center for Agricultural Data Analytics
The mission of the Center for Agricultural Data Analytics is to drive the advancement of research, collaboration, and training in cutting-edge data science throughout the Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.
Center for Arkansas Farms and Food
Located in Fayetteville, work in food and farming research and outreach gathered to discuss what we wanted our future Northwest Arkansas Food System to be and how our work in the Division of Agriculture could influence and shape it.
Center for Food Animal Wellbeing
Located in Fayetteville, the goal of the research and legal experts with the Center is the improvement of food animal health, handling, food safety, and productivity through the discovery and implementation of optimal welfare practices.
Center for Food Safety
Located in Fayetteville, the CFS conducts research for the development, communication, and utilization of advanced technologies on safety and quality of food products with a focus on biological, chemical, and physical hazards.
Center for Human Nutrition
Located in Fayetteville, the CFHN is a multi-disciplinary initiative of human nutrition faculty within the Division of Agriculture, UAF, and UAMS Northwest Arkansas who are conducting metabolic, environmental, behavioral, physical activity, and policy research.
Discovery Farms Program
Located on 12 privately owned farms in Arkansas that represent the production diversity of the state, the program conducts water quality research to determine the effectiveness of water and soil conservation practices utilized on working farms.
Fryar Price Risk Management Center of Excellence
The Center is committed to developing an international program of scholarship embracing the University’s three-fold land-grant mission of research, teaching, and outreach.
National Agricultural Law Center
Located in Fayetteville, the NALC is the nation’s leading source of unbiased agricultural and food law research and information for policy makers and the agricultural community and is directly connected to the national agricultural information network.
Rice Processing Program
Located in Fayetteville, the Program conducts both basic and applied research to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of current rice processing operations, and provides fundamental information for the development of new products and processes.
Rosen Alternative Pest Control Center
The Rosen Alternative Pest Control Center was dedicated in 1996 to develop and implement effective, economical and environmentally responsible biological alternatives to chemical management of agricultural pest problems.
Arkansas Clean Plant Center
The Arkansas Clean Plant Center for Berries provides plant nursery operators and berry growers in Arkansas and the U.S. with plants that are free of targeted-pathogens.
Arkansas Food Innovation Center
Located at SAREC in Fayetteville, AFIC is the State’s premier center assisting all sizes of food entrepreneurs transition from concept to commercial, retail-ready product through expert food safety, processing, packaging, and regulatory advice and assistance.
Arkansas Forest Resources Center
Located in Monticello, AFRC is a designated research and extension center of excellence that enhances and ensures the sustainability of forest-based natural resources through the interdisciplinary partnership of the Division of Agriculture and UA-Monticello.
Arkansas Water Resources Center
Located in Fayetteville, the Center is part of a national network to research irrigation, wastewater disposal, ground water, erosion, pollution, and ecosystems problems; enhance understanding of water quality issues; and transfer discoveries to water managers and the public.
Center for Agricultural Data Analytics
The mission of the Center for Agricultural Data Analytics is to drive the advancement of research, collaboration, and training in cutting-edge data science throughout the Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.
Center for Arkansas Farms and Food
Located in Fayetteville, work in food and farming research and outreach gathered to discuss what we wanted our future Northwest Arkansas Food System to be and how our work in the Division of Agriculture could influence and shape it.
Center for Food Animal Wellbeing
Located in Fayetteville, the goal of the research and legal experts with the Center is the improvement of food animal health, handling, food safety, and productivity through the discovery and implementation of optimal welfare practices.
Center for Food Safety
Located in Fayetteville, the CFS conducts research for the development, communication, and utilization of advanced technologies on safety and quality of food products with a focus on biological, chemical, and physical hazards.
Center for Human Nutrition
Located in Fayetteville, the CFHN is a multi-disciplinary initiative of human nutrition faculty within the Division of Agriculture, UAF, and UAMS Northwest Arkansas who are conducting metabolic, environmental, behavioral, physical activity, and policy research.
Discovery Farms Program
Located on 12 privately owned farms in Arkansas that represent the production diversity of the state, the program conducts water quality research to determine the effectiveness of water and soil conservation practices utilized on working farms.
Fryar Price Risk Management Center of Excellence
The Center is committed to developing an international program of scholarship embracing the University’s three-fold land-grant mission of research, teaching, and outreach.
National Agricultural Law Center
Located in Fayetteville, the NALC is the nation’s leading source of unbiased agricultural and food law research and information for policy makers and the agricultural community and is directly connected to the national agricultural information network.
Rice Processing Program
Located in Fayetteville, the Program conducts both basic and applied research to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of current rice processing operations, and provides fundamental information for the development of new products and processes.
Rosen Alternative Pest Control Center
The Rosen Alternative Pest Control Center was dedicated in 1996 to develop and implement effective, economical and environmentally responsible biological alternatives to chemical management of agricultural pest problems.