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Linking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental Goals
TABLE 10 Estimate of Environmental R&D at the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (budget authority in millions of dollars, by fiscal year)a
Actual FY 1993
Est. FY 1994
Est. FY 1995
Avg. Annual % Change FY 1993–95
Environmental Sciences
Appraisal of Soil Resources
2
2
2
Soil, Plant Water Nutrient Relationships
33
35
37
Management of Saline Soils
2
2
3
Alternative Uses of Land
0
0
0
Improvement of Range Resources
7
7
8
Wildlife and Fish Ecology
5
5
5
Environmental Biology
14
15
16
Subtotal
63
67
70
5%
Engineering and Related R&D
Conservation and Efficient Use of Water
13
14
14
Efficient Drainage and Irrigation Systems
5
5
5
Watershed Protection and Management
20
21
22
Protection from Pollution
4
4
4
Alleviation of Pollution
19
20
21
Subtotal
60
63
67
5%
Information and Data R&D
Remote Sensing
4
4
4
5%
Total, ARS Environmental R&D
127
134
142
5‰
SOURCE: Authors' estimates.
a ARS budget authority has been projected based on 1993 data in the Current Research Information System for goals pertaining to the environment and for environmental sciences research supporting other goals.
Department of Energy, and EPA. Except for NIEHS and EPA, none of this R&D is included in this paper.
Environmental R&D in the Context of Overall Federal R&D
Environmental R&D is a relatively small component of total federal R&D. According to NSF figures, in FY 1985, R&D devoted to the "environment and natural resources" budget function represented 2.1 percent of total federal R&D and 6.5 percent of nondefense R&D. By FY 1994, with defense R&D shrinking and health and space research growing, environmental and natural resources R&D had risen to 2.7 percent of total R&D, but declined to 6.0 percent of nondefense
