Author: United States. Agricultural Research AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural research
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Questions and Answers on Agricultural Research in the United States
Author: United States. Agricultural Research AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural research
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Questions and Answers on Agricultural Research in the United States
Author: United States. Agricultural Research ServicePublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Genetically Engineered Organisms, Wildlife, and Habitat
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309178401
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Since the first commercial introduction of transgenic corn plants in 1995, biotechnology has provided enormous benefits to agricultural crop production. Research is underway to develop a much broader range of genetically engineered organisms (GEOs), including fish, trees, microbes, and insects, that could have the potential to transform fields such as aquaculture, biofuels production, bioremediation, biocontrol, and even the production of pharmaceuticals . However, biotechnology is not without risk and continues to be an extremely controversial topic. Chief among the concerns is the potential ecological effects of GEOs that interact with wildlife and habitats. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is charged with providing scientific advice to inform federal agencies that manage wildlife and their habitats. USGS has identified biotechnology as one of its major challenges for future research. Seeing an opportunity to initiate a dialogue between ecologists and developers of GEOs about this challenge, the USGS and the National Research Council (NRC) held a two-day workshop in November of 2007, to identify research activities with the greatest potential to provide the information needed to assess the ecological effects of GEOs on wildlife and habitats. The workshop, designed to approach the research questions from a habitat, rather than transgenic organism, perspective, is summarized in this book.
1997 Compilation of Responses to Questions Regarding Agricultural Research, Extension, and Educational Programs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryPublisher:
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Compilation of Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Questions for Discussion
Author: United StatesPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
This volume compiles and reprints the responses of 37 organizations to a series of questions issued by the House Committee on Agriculture in anticipation of debates concerning the Research Title of the 1995 Farm Bill due for updating and revision. The questions address some of the following topics: the role of the federal government in agricultural research, coordination and relations with other federal agencies, the suitability of various regulations and procedures, setting research priorities, integrating federal-state-industry research pools, effectiveness of coordinating and advisory boards, efficiency and accountability in administration of these federal funds, partnerships with other types of organizations, guidelines for use of federal funds, land grant universities' roles, fund allocation formulas, and regional research and extension cooperation. The organizations that responded to these questions include the Department of Agriculture, the Coalition on Funding Agricultural Research Mission, professional societies such as the Phytopathological Society and the Entomological Society of America, individual higher education institutions like the Universities of Minnesota and Arkansas and Ohio State University, international organizations such as the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute, and Associations such as the American Feed Industry Association and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. (JB)
Farming for Us All
Author: Michael Mayerfeld BellPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271046327
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Farming for Us All gives us the opportunity to explore the possibilities for social, environmental, and economic change that practical, dialogic agriculture presents.
Priorities in Agricultural Research of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and ProcedurePublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Nominations of Fowler C. West and Orville G. Bentley
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryPublisher:
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Category : Nominations for office
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Proceedings of Conference of Collaborators from Southern Agricultural Experiment Stations, March 22-24, 1954, Southern Regional Laboratory ...
Author: United States. Agricultural Research ServicePublisher:
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Category : Feeds
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
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