Search
Feedback
About UniCat 
Help
News
| Listing 1 - 2 of 2 |
Sort by
|
Book
ISBN: 0309299594 0309299578 Year: 2014 Publisher: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press,
Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark
Loading...Choose an application
- Reference Manager
- EndNote
- RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)
"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."--
ISBN: 030907083X 9786610185450 1280185457 0309592275 0585316899 9780585316895 661018545X 9780309070836 0309183561 9780309183567 9781280185458 9780309592277 Year: 2000 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press,
Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark
Loading...Choose an application
- Reference Manager
- EndNote
- RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)
Report resulting from a study focused on improving and strengthening the NRI, carried out by an expert and knowledgeable committee under the aegis of the Committee on an evaluation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative competitive grants program.
Food --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Fiber plants --- Research grants --- National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (United States. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service) --- National resources --- Resources, Natural --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Foods --- Economic aspects --- United States. --- NRI --- N.R.I. --- Plants, Useful --- Plant fibers --- Resource-based communities --- Resource curse --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Dinners and dining --- Home economics --- Table --- Cooking --- Diet --- Dietaries --- Gastronomy --- Nutrition --- National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (United States. Cooperative State Research Service) --- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (National Institute of Food and Agriculture (U.S.)) --- E-books --- Primitive societies
| Listing 1 - 2 of 2 |
Sort by
|