Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture: A Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Program

by Committee on a Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, et al.

The United States embarked on bold polices to enhance its food and agricultural system during the last half of the 19th century, investing first in the education of people and soon thereafter in research and discovery programs aimed at acquiring new knowledge needed to address the complex challenges of feeding a growing and hungry nation. Those policies, sustained over 125 years, have produced the most productive and efficient agricultural and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030929956X
• ISBN13: 9780309299565
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"