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Overview

Public policies--in the form of international, national, state, and local laws, regulations, and treaties--can greatly influence the economic well-being of the U.S. agricultural sector, agribusiness sectors, and individual producers. CSREES provides national leadership, funding, technical assistance, and advice to land-grant colleges and universities that have specific research and extension programs related to agricultural and rural policy research and analysis. In addition, CSREES supports public issues education programs conducted by the Cooperative Extension System.

In Focus

• The National Public Policy Education Committee's Public Issues Education Competencies Task Force created the publication "Public Issues Education."

Partnerships

• CSREES partners with the Farm Foundation in leading the efforts of the National Public Policy Education Committee and the Public Issues Education Committee.

Events

• National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Inaugural Conference: Building Our Future Together, Las Vegas, NV, February 15-18, 2005.

Selected Results and Impacts

• CSREES research helps public decisionmakers entertain policy options to address the economic, social, and environmental impacts of land use change.
• CSREES sponsored research to determine public preferences for amenities provided by farm and forest land.
• CSREES' "Strengthening Communities: Strategic Directions for Community Resources and Economic Development (CRED) Programs" clarifies CRED goals and issues.


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Resources

• 2002 Farm Bill: U.S. Producer Preferences for Agricultural, Food, and Public Policy, Farm Foundation. Information about the bills legislation and policy.
• The New Science of Food: Facing Up to Our Biotechnology Choices, National Issues Forums Institute. PDF document about the use of new biotechnology tools.
• 2003 United States Fruit and Vegetable Outlook, National Food and Agricultural Policy Project (NFAPP). Information and tables on food prices and expenditures.


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Contacts

Maurice Dorsey