caa a22 4500 397500297 CHVBK 20180308164531.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199508 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/spp/22.4.239 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/spp/22.4.239 Lacy William B. Cornell University, 276 Roberts Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4203, USA Socio-economic context and policy strategies for US public agricultural sciences [Elektronische Daten] [William B Lacy] Agricultural science in US public universities faces serious new challenges as a consequence of political and social events both internal and external to the community. Changing state and national demographics, slowing growth of US productivity, major national economic restructuring, a growing federal debt, increasing environmental concerns, major restructuring of the food and fiber system, waning financial support of science for science's sake, and major changes within research universities impact the agricultural sciences. In response, significant programmatic changes, to emphasize food and fiber needs, environmental quality and natural resources, as well as the quality of life for individuals, families and communities have already been made. The current context for agricultural research requires three creative and timely policy activities: strategic planning; budget initiatives; and legislative action. Each must be pursued aggressively, while remaining true to the fundamental purpose of research in public land-grant universities and research institutions: to create new knowledge that addresses societal needs. © Beech Tree Publishing 1995 Science and Public Policy Beech Tree Publishing 22/4(1995-08), 239-247 0302-3427 22:4<239 1995 22 spp https://doi.org/10.1093/spp/22.4.239 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/spp/22.4.239 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Lacy William B. Cornell University, 276 Roberts Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4203, USA NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science and Public Policy Beech Tree Publishing 22/4(1995-08), 239-247 0302-3427 22:4<239 1995 22 spp Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford