Title Frontiers in agricultural research : food, health, environment, and communities / Committee on Opportunities in Agriculture, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, [and] National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 239 pages) Contents Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Executive Summary -- 1 Vision and Leadership -- 2 The US Department of Agriculture Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area -- 3 Research Frontiers -- 4 Setting the Research Strategy -- 5 Collaboration -- 6 Quality and Impact Assurance in the REE Agencies -- 7 REE Capacity -- 8 Coda -- APPENDIX A S.1150.1998. Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 -- APPENDIX B Subcommittee Statements of Task APPENDIX C A National Research Council Public WorkshopAPPENDIX D REE Administrator Interviews -- APPENDIX E Action-Agency Administrator Interviews -- APPENDIX F Agricultural-Research Funding -- APPENDIX G REE Dissemination And Outreach Efforts -- About the Authors -- About the Subcommittees Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject United States. Department of Agriculture SUBJECT United States. Department of Agriculture fast Subject Agriculture -- Research -- United States TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General. Agriculture -- Research United States Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Opportunities in Agriculture. National Research Council (U.S.) ISBN 0309500613 9780309500616

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