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Appendix C: Preliminary Observations of the Blue Ribbon Panel
Pages 42-45

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... asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to establish a Blue Ribbon Panel to consider how to maximize coordination among universities and colleges of the land-grant system to improve and sustain food security in the United States and beyond and suggest ways to increase and communicate their collective impacts. To that end, the panel established by the National Academies is focusing on the potential to enhance inter-institutional collaboration of participants from a diversity of land-grant institutions -- including the 1890s and the 1994s -- to increase knowledge generation, solve problems, and create positive opportunities across the food and agricultural knowledge system.
From page 43...
... Research, teaching, and extension that use a systems perspective are necessary to address the multifaceted problems now facing the agriculture and food system. For example, while traditional research and extension may have focused primarily on improving crop yields, current questions are more broadly framed; for example, on how to improve crop yields in a changing climate, and/or without environmental degradation.
From page 44...
... Returning indirect costs to cover additional administrative support might assist new leaders and improve the success of multi-institutional collaborations. Preliminary Observation #13: Institutions have different administrative procedures and policies for proposals, agreements, intellectual property, reporting, and mechanisms for handling funds that may create time lags, paperwork burdens, and opportunity costs that discourage collaboration.
From page 45...
... It is aimed at spotlighting the achievements being made by NIFA's partners in addressing societal challenges, such as increasing food security and decreasing hunger, and addressing climate change, food safety, childhood obesity, and sustainable energy. This effort is critically dependent on submissions from the LGU system and USDA communications staff and could benefit greatly from ready access to institutional impact stories.


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