Tabla de Contenidos: “…SUMMARY FINDINGS -- Scientific Objectives -- Training and Education -- Complementarity -- 5 Priorities and Priority-Setting at the NRI -- PROCESS -- Overview of USD A Priority-Setting Process -- NRI Priority-Setting Process -- Analysis of NRI Priority-Setting Process -- NRI RESEARCH PRIORITIES -- Funding History of the NRFs Six Divisions -- History of NRI Research Programs -- Analysis -- RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES -- SUMMARY FINDINGS -- Priority-Setting Process -- Research Priorities -- 6 Organizational and Funding Issues -- ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES -- Location in USDA -- NRI GOVERNANCE -- Chief Scientist -- Board of Directors -- Organization -- FUNDING ISSUES -- Total NRI Funding -- Size and Length of Grants -- Overhead Rates -- SUMMARY FINDINGS -- Organization -- Funding -- 7 Recommendations -- THE NRI'S MISSION -- RESEARCH ACCOUNTABILITY -- PRIORITY-SETTING AND ORGANIZATION -- FUNDING -- SUMMARY -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Section 1615 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 -- Appendix B Survey on the US Department of Agriculture's National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program -- Appendix C External Views of the NRI -- SURVEY RESULTS -- Response Rates and General Themes -- Detailed Summary of Survey Data -- INTERVIEWS WITH FORMER CHIEF SCIENTISTS -- Major Issue -- Role of the Chief Scientist -- Program Areas -- Fairness in Evaluation of Submitted Applications -- Quality of NRI Research -- USDA Administration and Management -- Economic Evaluation of NRI Program Areas -- Relationship with Congress -- TESTIMONY -- Quality and Value of Research -- Priority-Setting -- Stakeholders -- Complementarity -- Internal Processes -- Funding -- Changes for the Future -- Appendix D Outline for Interviews (June 16, 1998) with USDA Professional Staff on Internal Workings of the NRI Program…”

“…Dès lors, c'est tout un ensemble d'enjeux sociaux et culturels qui sous-tend l'histoire récente du coton. …”

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