The Centers for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and
Prevention represent a major NIOSH effort to protect the health and safety
of agricultural workers and their families. The NIOSH Agricultural Centers
were established as part of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) / NIOSH Agricultural Health and Safety Initiative in 1990. The
Centers were established by cooperative agreement to conduct research,
education, and prevention projects to address the nation's pressing
agricultural health and safety problems. Geographically, the Centers
are distributed throughout the nation to be responsive to the agricultural
health and safety issues unique to the different regions.
