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Appendix G: REE Dissemination and Outreach Efforts
Appendix G: REE Dissemination and Outreach Efforts
Pages 204-216
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Cooperative Extension the primary vehicle for technology transfer to users is a critical element of the dissemination process. Each REE agency offers electronic databases and publications for access by the general public, and all USDA mission areas, including REE, are listed on the USDA "Services and Programs" Web page with links to each agency (USDA, 2002k)
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From the ARS "Offices and Programs" page, a link is provided to its "Diversity Outreach" site, which details ARS programs and outreach efforts concerning equal opportunity and civil rights (USDA, 2002a)
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The NAL Web site contains links to agricultural information resources and to resources not overseen directly by the library. The library also maintains links to its services, such as document delivery and the interlibrary-loan process (USDA, 2002h)
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. AgNIC is an online resource that provides access to agricultural information on a number of subjects, including animal and veterinary sciences, economics, environmental sciences, forestry, and government regulations.
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Food Review, published three times per year, studies patterns in food assistance, consumption, and safety; Rural America appears four times per year and addresses issues related to demographic change and the use of research as applied to rural banking. Outlook reports provide current and prospective information on commodity supply, demand, and price conditions, and annual yearbooks provide historical data series on acreage, yield, supply, domestic use, foreign trade, and price and topical articles pertinent to understanding the US and global markets.
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With respect to agricultural graphics, users can access displays of crop and livestock data. From the NASS website, state agricultural statistics services can be located.
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. COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE Although many of the dissemination and outreach efforts of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
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Those efforts will be most effective if extension and its university partners forge effective alliances with public and private agencies and organizations that provide health and human services, commercial or civic evaluation, and private-sector vendors of technical information (ECOP, 2002~. The structure, function, and processes of extension have been changing.
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CSA represents an effort to link relevant users with databases on sustainable agriculture and with communities of users engaged in cooperative economic associations. In addition to CSA, visitors can use the "News and Information" page to browse information about the CSREES Competitive Grants Program, current requests for proposals, and a calendar of previous and upcoming CSREES events (USDA, 2002d)
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is an online database of higher-education statistics spanning human sciences, agriculture, and the food sciences. Drawing on national data from multiple government agencies, land-grant universities, professional associations, and other databases, FAEIS includes information on renewable natural resources, forestry, general agriculture, and veterinary medicine.
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Closely related to dissemination is the mission area's effort to increase its degree of outreach, which in turn requires greater engagement with communities and other users of agricultural technologies, innovations, and education programs. All four of the REE agencies rely on electronic media to disseminate their research and services, and each uses print materials as well.
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Washington, DC: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, US Department of Agriculture. Available online at http://www.reeusda.gov/.
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National Agricultural Statistics Service, US Department of Agriculture. Available online at http:// www.
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