United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-03-28 monographic deposited born digital 96 p. GA 1.13:RCED-96-92 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-92 P0b002ee180399a46 f:rc96092 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-92 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-92 RCED-96-92 Agricultural programs Research programs Agricultural colleges Information dissemination operations Agricultural research Management information systems Colleges/universities Research grants USDA Water Quality Initiative USDA National Research Initiative USDA Current Research Information System ARS U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Program USDA Integrated Pest Management Program USDA National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program NIST Advanced Technology Program Chapter Report RCED

For more than a century, U.S. agricultural research, education, and extension activities have been major catalysts in creating a vigorous agricultural economy and a plentiful, low-cost supply of food and fiber. Although each has its own purpose--research, to discover solutions to food and agriculture problems; education, to formally teach future farmers and others in the food and agricultural sector; and extension, to disseminate the results of agricultural research and other information to the public--the functions are closely linked. The Agriculture Department (USDA) spent more than $2 billion in fiscal year 1994 to support its agricultural research, education, and extension system. This report (1) provides an overview of the system, (2) provides the views of users of agricultural research on the extent to which USDA and the land grant universities are meeting their research needs and on the effectiveness with which research results are being disseminated, and (3) assesses USDA processes for planning and establishing research priorities. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-92/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-92.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-92/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-92.pdf GAO/RCED-96-92 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-92 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-96-92; Agricultural Research: Information on Research System and USDA's Priority Setting; Agricultural programs Research programs Agricultural colleges Information dissemination operations Agricultural research Management information systems Colleges/universities Research grants USDA Water Quality Initiative USDA National Research Initiative USDA Current Research Information System ARS U.S.-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Program USDA Integrated Pest Management Program USDA National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program NIST Advanced Technology Program Title 7 Section 343et seq. Title 7 Section 361et seq. Title 7 Section 450i 7 U.S.C. 343et seq. 7 U.S.C. 361et seq. 7 U.S.C. 450i Title 15 Section 3710a 15 U.S.C. 3710a Public Law 99-52