03525nam 2200637Ia 450 991096203710332120251116161100.09786610183395978030916865603091686519781280183393128018339X97803095006160309500613(CKB)111069351128624(OCoLC)56118345(CaPaEBR)ebrary10038780(SSID)ssj0000159423(PQKBManifestationID)11179260(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159423(PQKBWorkID)10158270(PQKB)11041829(MiAaPQ)EBC3375502(Au-PeEL)EBL3375502(CaPaEBR)ebr10038780(OCoLC)923256822(Perlego)4733539(BIP)8342522(EXLCZ)9911106935112862420021104d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFrontiers 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 Academies1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academies Pressc20031 online resource (267 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780309084949 0309084946 Includes bibliographical references.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.This report is a congressionally mandated review of the US Department of Agriculture (TM)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.AgricultureResearchUnited StatesAgricultureResearch630/.7/2073National Research Council (U.S.).Committee on Opportunities in Agriculture.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962037103321Frontiers in agricultural research4361402UNINA