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31%OFFClaus (Ed) Schafer - Agriculture & Food - 9781606920381 - V9781606920381
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Agriculture & Food

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Description for Agriculture & Food Hardcover. Editor(s): Schafer, Claus. Num Pages: 186 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 183 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs have long supported beginning farmers. USDA generally defines a beginning farmer or rancher as one who has operated a farm or ranch for 10 years or less - without regard for age - and who materially and substantially participates in its operation. USDA's lending and conservation assistance to beginning farmers has been substantial and is growing. USDA supports beginning farmers primarily through its lending assistance. From fiscal years 2000 through 2006, FSA's lending to beginning farmers rose from $716 million to $1.1 billion annually -- totalling over $6 billion. However, USDA cannot demonstrate the effectiveness of its support for beginning farmers, because it has not developed a crosscutting, departmental strategic goal for its beginning farmers efforts and has only recently begun to analyse the characteristics of this group. This book explains the relationship and dependency that new farmers have on the USDA and how this relationship affects the amount of food available for the general public. This book also reviews USDA data on funding and scientist-years devoted to classical breeding, genomics and genetic engineering activities for plants and animals, as well as USDA's processes to address fraud, waste and abuse, and the extent to which the program's design makes it vulnerable to abuse. This book consists of public documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.

Product Details

Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
186
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781606920381
SKU
V9781606920381
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