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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811551803321

Titolo

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, ational Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003

ISBN

0-309-16865-1

1-280-18339-X

9786610183395

0-309-50061-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

630/.7/2073

Soggetti

Agriculture - Research - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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 Workshop -- APPENDIX 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.