For agriculture to meet goals that include profitability, environmental integrity, and the production of ecosystem services beyond food, fuel, and fiber requires a comprehensive, systems-level research approach that is long-term and geographically scalable. This approach is largely lacking from the US agricultural research portfolio. It is time to add it. A long-term agricultural research program would substantially improve the delivery of agricultural products and other ecosystem services to a society that calls for agriculture to be safe, environmentally sound, and socially responsible.
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1 July 2008
Long-term Agricultural Research: A Research, Education, and Extension Imperative
G. Philip Robertson,
Vivien G. Allen,
George Boody,
Emery R. Boose,
Nancy G. Creamer,
Laurie E. Drinkwater,
James R. Gosz,
Lori Lynch,
John L. Havlin,
Louise E. Jackson,
Steward T. A. Pickett,
Louis Pitelka,
Alan Randall,
A. Scott Reed,
Timothy R. Seastedt,
Robert B. Waide,
Diana H. Wall
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BioScience
Vol. 58 • No. 7
July 2008
Vol. 58 • No. 7
July 2008
agricultural extension and education
agriculture
long-term research
LTER
sustainability