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Investing in Research : a Proposal to Strengthen the Agricultural, Food, and Environmental System.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Investing in Research""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Investing in Research""; ""1 Executive Summary ""; ""URGENCY FOR CHANGE""; ""Competitiveness""; ""Human Health and Well-Being""; ""Natural Resources and the Environment""; ""New Knowledge""; ""THE PROPOSAL""; ""An Expanded Public Investment""; ""Program Areas and Scientific Scope""; ""Grant Types""; ""Attention to Multidisciplinary Research""; ""Strengthening Institutions and Human Resources""; ""Size and Duration of Support""; ""RATIONALE FOR THE PROPOSAL""; ""A Federal Initiative""
- ""A 500 Million Increase""""Support with New Money""; ""The Central Role of USDA""; ""Competitive Grants""; ""FISCAL REALITIES""; ""Trade-Offs""; ""Redirection within the USDA Research Budget""; ""Reinvesting Subsidy Savings""; ""Federal Investment""; ""Investing Now""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""2 The Proposal ""; ""AN EXPANDED PUBLIC INVESTMENT""; ""PROGRAM AREAS AND SCIENTIFIC SCOPE""; ""TYPES OF GRANTS""; ""ATTENTION TO MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH""; ""STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCES""; ""SIZE AND DURATION OF SUPPORT""; ""NOTES""; ""3 Rationale for the Proposal ""
- ""A FEDERAL INITIATIVE""""State Sector""; ""Private Sector""; ""Level of Effort""; ""Prospects for Growth""; ""Focus of Private Sector R & D""; ""Diffusion of R & D Results""; ""Federal Sector""; ""A 500 MILLION INCREASE""; ""Investing in Agriculture""; ""Adequacy of Funding""; ""Size and Duration of Grants""; ""Number and Size of Grants by Type""; ""Availability of Scientists""; ""SUPPORT WITH NEW MONEY""; ""Consequences of the Lack of R & D Growth""; ""State-Federal Partnership""; ""Fiscal Realities""; ""Trade-Offs""; ""Redirection within the USDA Research Budget""
- ""Investment of Subsidy Savings""""Investment Using Non-USDA Funds""; ""Investment Now""; ""A CENTRAL ROLE FOR USDA""; ""Linkages with ARS""; ""Linkages with State Agricultural Experiment Stations""; ""Linkages with the Cooperative Extension Service""; ""Linkages with Other Federal Agencies""; ""THE ROLE OF COMPETITIVE GRANTS""; ""Federal R & D Funding Mechanisms""; ""Intramural Funding""; ""Formula Funding""; ""Special Grants""; ""Competitive Grants""; ""FY 1988 Distribution of Funds""; ""The Advantages of Competitive Grants""; ""Responsiveness and Flexibility""; ""Talent and Openness""
- ""Balance among Funding Mechanisms""""ATTENTION TO MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH""; ""STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCES""; ""NOTE""; ""4 Challenges Facing the Research System ""; ""COMPETITIVENESS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE""; ""International Agricultural Trade and Markets""; ""Policy Context""; ""Issues""; ""National Economic Performance""; ""Needing and Using Policy""; ""Developing New Uses and Markets for Agricultural and Forest Products""; ""Developing Value-Added Products""; ""Reducing Producer and Processor Costs""; ""Challenges""; ""HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING""