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Addendum to — 



Agricultural Research Service Program Plan 



6- Year Implementation Plan— 1992-1998 



Introduction 



The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Implementation Plan is a principal means of 

 informing ARS persofinel. users. Congress, and other mterested parties about the agency's 

 research program objectives. This addendum supplements the 1992-1998 plan,' the third in 

 a series since 1984." The 1992-1998 plan and this addendum establish areas of research 

 emphasis in response to changing national needs and priorities and outline the strategies 

 and policies ARS will use to achieve them. The primary objectives of this addendum arc to 

 quote the purposes of agricultural research set out in the 1990 Farm Bill* and to state ARS 

 policies that address these purposes 



As the in-house research arm of Che U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS' mission is lo: 



Develop new knowledge and technology needed to solve technical agricultural problems 

 of broad scope and high national priority in order to ensure adequate production of high- 

 quality food, fiber, and other agricultural products to meet the nutritional needs of the 

 American consumer, to sustain a viable food and agricultural economy, and to maintain 

 a quality environment and natural resource base. 



ARS has primary responsibility to: 



■ Provide initiative and leadership in agricultural research. 



• Conduct research on broad regional and national agricultural and related 

 problems. 



• Conduct research in support of Federal action and regulatory agencies. 



• Provide technical expertise lo meet national food, food safety, and 

 environmental emergencies. 



• Serve as an agricultural science resource to the executive and legislative 

 branches. 



' Agricultural Res<^a^ch Service Program Plan 6- Year Implementalion Plan. 1992-1998. U.S. Depanmenl of 

 Agriculture. Agricultural Research Service. 1991. 



- Agricultural Researcli Service Program Plan 6- Year Implemenution Plan. 1984-1990. U.S. DeinninenI of 

 Agriculture. Agncultural Research Service. 1983. (Out of pnnt.) 



^ Agricultural Research Service Program Plan. 6- Year Implementation Plan. 1986-1992. U.S. t>epart]lient of 

 Agriculture. Agriculnjral Research Service. 1985. (Out of print.) 



*PublicLaw 101-624; Novemlier 28, l990.Food, Agricullute. Conservation, and Tisbe Act ofl990 



