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Project Title:
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21st Century Systems Agriculture: An Update of the 1989 NRC Report "Alternative Agriculture"
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BANR-O-06-05-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
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RSO:
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Tang, Evonne P.Y.
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Subject/Focus Area:
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21st Century Systems Agriculture
March 27, 2008 - March 28, 2008
Kansas City, MO
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Margot Rhyu
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| Email:
mrhyu@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-1534
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Fax:
202-334-1978
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Agenda:
March 27, 2008 (Thursday)
8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. CLOSED SESSION
OPEN SESSION
12:00 p.m.
Introductions and preparations for presentations.
1:00 p.m.
Impact of energy crop production on U.S. agricultural economics.
Impact of the Farm Bill and the Energy Bill on agriculture to date.
Otto Doering, Purdue University
1:30 p.m.
Economics and Policy Conditions to Foster Sustainable Farm Systems
Thomas Dobbs, Food and Society Policy Fellows Program
2:00 p.m.
Update on the Congressional Budget Office report and on the World Agricultural Outlook
Gerald Bange, The World Agricultural Outlook Board
2:30 p.m.
Impacts of overseas demand (over the next 15-20 years) on U.S. agriculture
Seth Meyer, University of Missouri, Columbia
3:00 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion with Speakers
4:00 p.m.
End of open session.
March 28, 2008 (Friday)
8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. CLOSED SESSION
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Sandra S. Batie
Dale Bucks
Cornelia Flora
James C. Hanson
Richard R. Harwood
Douglas Jackson-Smith
William A. Jury
Julia Kornegay
M. Ray McKinnie
Deanne Meyer
John P. Reganold
August Schumacher
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Henning Sehmsdorf
Carol Shennan
Lori Ann Thrupp
Paul Willis
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Committee members discussed open session presentations and planned agenda for third meeting.
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
March 31, 2008
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