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Spurring innovation in food and agriculture : a review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative program

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

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  • National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies.
Description
xxi, 221 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"The United States embarked on bold polices 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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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available via the World Wide Web.
ISBN
  • 030929956X
  • 9780309299565
OCLC
  • ocn900438347
  • 900438347
  • SCSB-5786669
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Columbia University Libraries