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Title Spurring innovation in food and agriculture : a review of the USDA agriculture and food research initiative program / Committee on a Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Board on Agriculture and National Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 221 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables, charts (some color)
Contents Introduction -- The global landscape of agricultural research and development -- Value of the AFRI program -- A quantitative assessment of project input-output relationships in the agriculture and food research initiative -- Program management -- Conclusions and recommendations
Summary "The United States embarked on bold policies 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."--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Online resource; title from resource home page (National Academies Press, viewed December 12, 2014)
Subject Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (National Institute of Food and Agriculture (U.S.))
United States. Department of Agriculture
SUBJECT Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (National Institute of Food and Agriculture (U.S.)) fast
United States. Department of Agriculture fast
Subject Agriculture -- Research -- United States -- Finance
Agricultural innovations -- United States -- Finance
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
Agricultural innovations -- Finance
Agriculture -- Research -- Finance
United States
Form Electronic book
Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, issuing body
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, issuing body
National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies, issuing body
ISBN 9780309299572
0309299578
0309299594
9780309299596