Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities Public Service and Public Policy (1996) / Chapter Skim
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to · a changing client base for food and agricultural research and education, · a reinvigorated science base for food and agriculture, and · constrained public resources for science and education. The committee was charged with recommending public policies and institutional innovations that could enhance the land grant colleges' role in serving the national interest.
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The federal-state partnership also entails a working relationship in identifying national issues and setting priorities in food and agricultural research and education, and in sharing responsibilities for the conduct of agricultural research and technology transfer. A unique aspect of the LGCA system is that a portion of federal funding for agricultural research and extension is allocated to the colleges, through their associated state experiment stations and extension services, according to formulas.2 The variable components of these formulas are the percentages of the nation's rural and farm populations located in each state and territory.
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The monetary value of environmental quality, the natural resource base, human health, and the quality of life are often difficult to measure but are clearly of value to society. Diet-related health; food safety; water and air quality; soil, water, and energy conservation; wildlife habitat; open space and the nation's landscape; and a "way of life" that is associated with the family farm and rural INTRODUCTION 15
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, crop yields are expected to increase at slower rates over the next 25 years than have been experienced during the past decade, assuming governments maintain their current (recently reduced) levels of sup port for agricultural research and infrastructure.
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It is a trend that is challenging the traditional role of the public land grant colleges in serving independent farmers and ranchers whose agricultural operations are too small to conduct their own research or their own market analysis. At the same time, parts of the country are seeing new participants in farming, or old participants engaged in a new kind of farming, such as small-scale units oriented toward suburban and urban niche markets for fresh produce and other family-farm products.
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. Today, for many LGCAs, federal formula funds contribute a relatively small portion of their total financial base; the primary portion of the funding base is state support, but it also encompasses private funds and other federal grants funds (awarded by federal science agencies such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health)
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Organization of Separate pieces of federal land grant legislation address the land grant system's the Remainder of teaching, research, and extension responsibilities. College administrative structures and This Report budgets, and faculty appointment types and responsibilities, are also divided along the lines of the three land grant functions.
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