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Groups push for nod to international research in farm bill
Story Date: 11/15/2017
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Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 11/14/17
The Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development and other groups are calling on lawmakers to include in the next farm bill language that would encourage scientists and officials at USDA's research agencies who make decisions on funding to collaborate with international research organizations.
"The U.S. can only maintain its leadership position by adding resources to and internationalizing its research programs," said Susan Schram, a senior partner with SP Consulting and past president of AIARD. The group is backing the Farm Journal Foundation's recommendation to add a clause to the reauthorization of the law that would recognize the potential for international research collaboration to better leverage USDA resources. The farm bill makes repeated references to U.S. agriculture, which has made it difficult for researchers and grant recipients to look for opportunities abroad.
Proposed fix: Schram, speaking at an event on agricultural research hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, said that such a change could be accomplished by amending the research and extension portion of the law, to insert language to "support international scientific collaboration to advance food and agriculture interests of the United States."
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