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Peer reviewedWade, Nicholas – Science, 1973
Basic research in agriculture gets little support from government. It is time to improve this situation and expand research efforts in this area. (PS)
Descriptors: Agricultural Research Projects, Agriculture, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedLepkowski, Wil – Chemical and Engineering News, 1982
Reorganization of Agricultural Research Service is under way, triggered by charges that research hasn't kept pace with resource depletion and high cost of farming. A fight is predicted over the 1887 Hatch Act funds ($221 million appropriated by Congress in 1981). Comments on the situation by various individuals are included. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Agriculture
Download full textJahr, Dale – 1988
This study describes the political environment that confronts rural advocates, and identifies the boundaries within which rural policy can be developed, promoted, and adopted with some degree of success. Congress designs and implements national policy; therefore, its composition affects advancements in rural policy. Rural residents comprise 24% of…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Civil Liberties, Economic Change, Economic Research
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1993
This proceedings of the annual meeting of the National Association of State University and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULCC) presents the discussion, business meetings, lectures, and speeches along with the organization's financial statements for December 31, 1992 and 1991. Included here are remarks by Joseph D. Duffey (Director, U.S. Information…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Colleges, Federal Aid, Financial Audits
Jones, Sue H., Ed. – 1989
Problems in federal rural policy arise in a number of areas: the extreme economic adversity of rural America, failure to acknowledge the higher cost of providing rural services, failure to distinguish between rural programs and agriculture programs, and failure to address specific rural needs. Papers in this collection examine rural development…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Change Strategies, Economic Change, Economic Development
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. – 1984
This document presents testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearings held to summarize information from field hearings which were held in five states to examine the resources and support given by the federal government to local law enforcement officers to fight the problems of illegal drug use and abuse. Testimony and prepared…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agriculture, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1987
This report provides a distribution of research and development (R&D) programs by the function of the Federal budget. It includes only Federal funding of R&D programs, with R&D facilities and all non-R&D activities excluded. The sections of the report are presented in descending order of R&D budget authority for the various…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Budgeting, Education, Energy
