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A priority research agenda for Agriculture of the Middle

From the beginning, the Agriculture of the Middle initiative identified research as a critical component. The following report and PowerPoint presentation outline a research agenda for Agriculture of the Middle. Work on this report was initiated when Steve Stevenson of CIAS was Director of the Agriculture of the Middle research group (NC 1036), in order to answer questions raised by the group about future priorities. Priorities were based on interviews with 50 researchers involved in sustainable agriculture and agriculture of the middle around the country, and were conducted, analyzed, and compiled by Kate Clancy.

Although multiple agricultural research agendas have been proposed in the last decades, most (but certainly not all) are fairly generic and bland. In contrast, the agenda-setting process described here collected research ideas from a more focused set of respondents—food and agricultural researchers within universities, government agencies, and nonprofits. The resulting agenda, developed by the researchers themselves, is designed to encourage better targeting of research on topics related to agriculture of the middle.

A Priority Research Agenda for Agriculture of the Middle
Report (PDF)
Presentation (PowerPoint)
Presentation (PDF)