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Title Spurring innovation in food and agriculture : a review of the USDA agriculture and food research initiative program / Committee on a Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Board on Agriculture and National Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 221 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables, charts (some color)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction -- The global landscape of agricultural research and development -- Value of the AFRI program -- A quantitative assessment of project input-output relationships in the agriculture and food research initiative -- Program management -- Conclusions and recommendations.
Summary "The United States embarked on bold policies to enhance its food and agricultural system during the last half of the 19th century, investing first in the education of people and soon thereafter in research and discovery programs aimed at acquiring new knowledge needed to address the complex challenges of feeding a growing and hungry nation. Those policies, sustained over 125 years, have produced the most productive and efficient agricultural and food system in history. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the primary agency responsible for supporting innovations and advances in food and agriculture. USDA funds are allocated to support research through several mechanisms, including the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). In 2008, Congress replaced USDA's National Research Initiative with AFRI, creating USDA's flagship competitive research grants program, and the 2008 Food, Conservation, and Energy Act, known as the Farm Bill, outlined the structure of the new program. Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture assesses the effectiveness of AFRI in meeting the goals laid out by Congress and its success in advancing innovations and competitiveness in the U.S. food and agriculture system."--Publisher's description
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Subject Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (National Institute of Food and Agriculture (U.S.))
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (National Institute of Food and Agriculture (U.S.))
United States. Department of Agriculture.
United States. Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture -- Research -- United States -- Finance.
Agriculture -- Research.
United States.
Finance.
Agricultural innovations -- United States -- Finance.
Agricultural innovations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, issuing body.
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, issuing body.
National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies, issuing body.
Other Form: Print version: Spurring innovation in food and agriculture. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014] 030929956X (OCoLC)900438347
ISBN 9780309299572 electronic book
0309299578 electronic book
030929956X (paperback)
9780309299565 (paperback)