By Paul Basken, September 13, 2016
(Posted on the Chronicle of Higher Education)
Agricultural researchers — and the companies that support them — say it’s time for Congress to boost its investment in their work…Read more.
The premier program for competitively awarded research grants in the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) lacks the funding to reach its full potential, according to testimony heard on Capitol Hill today. The testimony was presented in front of the House Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research—chaired by Representative Rodney Davis—that looked at research in the context of the 2018 Farm Bill.
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The SoAR Foundation and our many partners in the advocacy community have mobilized 141 organizational signatures in support of the Build Back Better plan's vital investments needed for agriculture research to build climate resilience.
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology published a groundbreaking report in April 2015 on the “innovation deficit.” According to the report, the federal government is abandoning the pursuit of progress by cutting back its funding of scientific research, and leaving it for other countries to accomplish the breakthroughs.
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