Investing in Research A Proposal to Strengthen the Agricultural, Food, and Environmental System (1989) / Chapter Skim
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D Statements of Program Objectives and Funding Response
D Statements of Program Objectives and Funding Response
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develop improved production practices for main taining and increasing crop productivity and quality and for reducing costs; and (4) develop improved methods for reducing crop losses caused by weeds, diseases, insects, nematodes, and other pests.
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develop means for enhancing the inherent properties and uses of agricultural materials; (2) develop the means for meeting foreign and domestic user and regulatory requirements relating to toxic factors in food, feed, and other agricultural products; (3)
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Agricultural Research Service The UAB endorses the administration's $20.2 million funding increase for ARS, but proposes some reallocations and restrictions. Specific recommendations include continued comprehensive planning for research; increased interdisciplinary efforts; mandatory peer review; economic impact analysis of proposed research; renovation of the Beltsville, ~yland, research facility; closing or consolidation of excess laboratory facilities; shifting of $10 million from plant research to animal science research; and giving top priority to research on alternative uses for agricultural products.
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Marketing of agricultural and forest products Supply, demand, and price relationships Grades and standards Market efficiency and performance International market development Madcet strategies and power Consumer preferences and quality 12. Animal health and disease Immunological advances Integrated health management Epidemiology of animal diseases Residue and toxicology studies 13.
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Rural family and community well-being Economic alternatives and diversification Family stress factors Displacement assistance Resource management Environmental and safety factors for families ~ Organizing capacities and governance of communities Interdependence among agriculture, families, and communities 15. Agricultural and forestland use Land use policies, land values, and tax base Land use alternatives Recreation resource management Consolidation of forestland and agricultural land information 16.
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1983 Basic research + 9.6 Hatch Act + 3.4 Animal health + 4.0 Cooperative forestry Range and pasture + 0.5 research - 1.2 NAGS + 3.8 1890 institutions + 0.2 Acid precipitation + 0.9 Plant science com Land and water petitive grants + 6.4 conservation + 5.1 Animal health formula Human nutrition + 1.0 funds - 5.8 1984 Basic animal Animal science biotechnology + 0.8 competitive grants + 4.5 Basic plant Animal health formula biotechnology + 1.3 funds -5.8 Postdoctorate fellowship ~ 0.5 Basic postharvest resources Exports + 1.0 Grain quality + 0.6 Human nutrition + 1.2 1985 Basic animal science + 0.4 Hatch Act + 3.0 Livestock disease Cooperative formula - 0.3 diagnosis + 0.2 1890 institutions + 0.5 Animal genetic Animal science disease resistance + 0.4 competitiveness + 4.5 Agricultural systems + 0.6 Biotechnology +28.5 Plant germplasms + 0.6 Animal health formula - 5.8 Plant protection + 0.6 Biocoatrol + 0.4 Soil fertility + O.6 Soil erosion + 0.5 Basic postharvest + 0.9 Basic postharvest exports + 0.8 Strengthening of 1890 institutions + 2.0 Graduate fellows - 5.0 1986 Groundwater quality + 0.5 Eliminate special grants -28.5 New methods for Eliminate section 1433 SCS resource formula funds - 5.76 assessments + 0.5 Reduce higher education Plant germplasms + 3.2 funding - 5.8 Table D.2 continues
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- 1.8 1988 Plant germplasms + 7.3 Increases of formula Improve meat quality programs + 8.3 through reduction Eliminate special grants -52.0 of fats +2.1 Compeutive grants for Planning for con- plant science centers + 3.9 struction of new Eliminate Section 1433 National Seed Storage formula funds - 5.5 Lab (instead of plant Reduce higher education - 5.6 gene germplasms) + 1.0 1989 Groundwater quality + 5.0 Reduce forestry formula - 4.5 Global change + 0.7 1890 institutions Food safety + 4.5 and Tuskegee Repair and University + 2.0 maintenance + 4.0 Eliminate Section 1433 formula funds - 5.5 Reduce higher education - 5.4 Reduce special grants - 44.5 Competitive grants +12.1 Increases directed land for: Plant science centers Animal science Biotechnology Global change NOTE: Abbreviations: NPGS, National Plant Germplasm System; SCS, Soil Conservation Service.
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SOURCE: National Agricultural Research and Extension Users Advisory Board.
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This priority has risen to number four among annual priorities. No new funding has been devoted specifically to this areas, although considerable scientific effort supported by animal science and human nutrition funding from ARS and CSRS has been directed toward understanding diet and health.
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