A Science Roadmap for Food and Agriculture (PDF)
In order to integrate social sciences and natural science into agriculture it is important to look at the issues and current framework. The Science Roadmap identifies the grand challenges towards a sustainable future.
How are the issues being framed? What would you do differently or what do you believe will be effective in addressing the following societal needs?
"Framing the Needs and Identifying the “Grand Challenges.”
This Roadmap is framed around the following societal needs:
How are the issues being framed? What would you do differently or what do you believe will be effective in addressing the following societal needs?
"Framing the Needs and Identifying the “Grand Challenges.”
This Roadmap is framed around the following societal needs:
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The need for U.S. food and agricultural
producers to be competitive in a global
environment.
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The need for food and agricultural
systems to be economically,
environmentally, and socially sustainable.
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The need for U.S. agriculture to adapt to
and contribute to the mitigation of the
effects of climate variability.
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The need to enhance energy security and
support a sustainable
bioeconomy in the United States.
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The need for safe, healthy, and
affordable foods.
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The need to address global food security
and hunger.
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The need to be good stewards of the
environment and natural resources.
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The need for strong and resilient
individual, families, and communities.
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The need to attract and develop the next
generation of agricultural scientists
generation of agricultural scientists
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