Agricultural research management continues to evolve in US land-grant institutions. However, to some extent, it is still guided and constrained by historic legislation that specified the institutional structure within which publicly funded agricultural research is conducted in the United States. The legislation created the unique US institutions generally known as Land-Grant Universities, Agricultural Experiment Stations, and Cooperative Extension Service.
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Holt, D.A. (2007). Agricultural Research Management in US Land-Grant Universities – The State Agricultural Experiment Station System. In: Loebenstein, G., Thottappilly, G. (eds) Agricultural Research Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6057-1_12
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