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Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested that the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National Research Council (NRC) convene a panel of experts to examine whether publicly funded agricultural research has influenced the structure of U.S. agriculture and, if so, how. The Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture was asked to assess the role of public-sector agricultural research on changes in the size and numbers of farms, with particular emphasis on the evolution of very-large-scale operations.

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Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture

By: Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

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0309086574

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Frontiers in Agricultural Research

Food, Health, Environment, and Communities

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on Opportunities in Agriculture

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Frontiers in Agricultural Research

Food, Health, Environment, and Communities

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on Opportunities in Agriculture

This report is a congressionally mandated review of the US Department of Agriculture's Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area, the main engine of publicly funded agricultural research in the United States. A changing social and scientific context of agriculture requires a new vision of agricultural research-one that will support agriculture as a positive economic, social, and environmental force. REE is uniquely positioned to advance new research frontiers in environment, public health, and rural communities. The report recommends that REE be more anticipatory and strategic in its use of limited resources and guide and champion new directions in research.

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Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture

A Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Program

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on a Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

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Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture

A Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Program

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on a Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

The United States embarked on bold polices to enhance its food and agricultural system during the last half of the 19th century, investing first in the education of people and soon thereafter in research and discovery programs aimed at acquiring new knowledge needed to address the complex challenges of feeding a growing and hungry nation. Those policies, sustained over 125 years, have produced the most productive and efficient agricultural and food system in history. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the primary agency responsible for supporting innovations and advances in food and agriculture. USDA funds are allocated to support research through several mechanisms, including the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). In 2008, Congress replaced USDA's National Research Initiative with AFRI, creating USDA's flagship competitive research grants program, and the 2008 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, known as the Farm Bill, outlined the structure of the new program. Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture assesses the effectiveness of AFRI in meeting the goals laid out by Congress and its success in advancing innovations and competitiveness in the U.S. food and agriculture system. Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture evaluates the value, relevance, quality, fairness, and flexibility of AFRI. This report also considers funding policies and mechanisms and identifies measures of the effectiveness and efficiency of AFRI's operation. The study examines AFRI's role in advancing science in relation to other research and grant programs inside of USDA as well as how complementary it is to other federal research and development programs. The findings and conclusions of this report will help AFRI improve its functions and effectiveness in meeting its goals and outcomes.

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0309299594

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Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities

A Profile

By: National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on the Future of the Colleges of Agriculture in the Land Grant System

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Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities

A Profile

By: National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on the Future of the Colleges of Agriculture in the Land Grant System

Although few Americans work as farmers these days, agriculture on the whole remains economically importantâ€"playing a key role in such contemporary issues as consumer health and nutrition, worker safety and animal welfare, and environmental protection. This publication provides a comprehensive picture of the primary education system for the nation's agriculture industry: the land grant colleges of agriculture. Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities informs the public debate about the challenges that will shape the future of these colleges and serves as a foundation for a second volume, which will present recommendations for policy and institutional changes in the land grant system. This book reviews the legislative history of the land grant system from its establishment in 1862 to the 1994 act conferring land grant status on Native American colleges. It describes trends that have shaped agriculture and agricultural education over the decadesâ€"the shift of labor from farm to factory, reasons for and effects of increased productivity and specialization, the rise of the corporate farm, and more. The committee reviews the system's three-part missionâ€"education, research, and extension serviceâ€"and through this perspective documents the changing nature of funding and examines the unique structure of the U.S. agricultural research and education system. Demographic data on faculties, students, extension staff, commodity and funding clusters, and geographic specializations profile the system and identify similarities and differences among the colleges of agriculture, trends in funding, and a host of other issues. The tables in the appendix provide further itemization about general population distribution, student and educator demographics, types of degree programs, and funding allocations. Concise commentary and informative graphics augment the detailed statistical presentations. This book will be important to policymakers, administrators, educators, researchers, and students of agriculture.

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