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Frontiers in Agricultural Research:

Food, Health, Environment, and Communities

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Size: 268 pages, 6x9

Publication Year:2003

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Committee on Opportunities in Agriculture, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xxviii
Executive Summary	1-14	(skim)
1. Vision and Leadership	15-26	(skim)
2. The US Department of Agriculture Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area	27-37	(skim)
3. Research Frontiers	38-66	(skim)
4. Setting the Research Stategy	67-95	(skim)
5. Collaboration	96-118	(skim)
6. Quality and Impact Assurance in the REE Agencies	119-145	(skim)
7. REE Capacity	146-168	(skim)
8. Coda	169-170	(skim)
Appendix A: S.1150.1998. Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998	171-174	(skim)
Appendix B: Subcommittee Statements of Task	175-176	(skim)
Appendix C: A National Research Council Public Workshop	177-181	(skim)
Appendix D: REE Administrator Interviews	182-183	(skim)
Appendix E: Action-Agency Administrator Interviews	184-185	(skim)
Appendix F: Agricultural-Research Funding	186-203	(skim)
Appendix G: REE Dissemination and Outreach Efforts	204-216	(skim)
About the Authors	217-224	(skim)
About the Subcommittees	225-240	(skim)

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This report is a congressionally mandated review of the US Department of Agriculture 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.

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"For nutrition educators, Frontiers in Agricultural Research will be most useful to those who conduct USDA-funded research on food, agriculture, the environment, or communities or for those involved in nutrition education related to a USDA food program such as Food Stamps. Reading this book will help such nutrition educators better understand how their work fits into the national vision, how the USDA is structured, how research is funded and prioritized, and the overall importance of viewing food and agriculture, the environment, and communities as one dynamic system."
-- Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, September/October 2003

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NOTES

The Committee on Opportunities in Agriculture dedicates this report to Dr. Franklin Loew, President of Becker College and chair of this committee from July 2000 to March 2002. Dr. Loew passed away on April 22, 2003. The committee recognizes his noteworthy contributions to science and greatly appreciated his leadership, openness, honesty, insights and especially his wit. He will be missed.