14.6 National Coalition of Food and Agricultural Research (National C-FAR)
The goal of a National C-FAR is to form a broad-based nonpartisan national coalition of stakeholders in the food, agricultural and natural resource sectors to be named the National Coalition of Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR). The objectives are to:
- Increase and enhance federal investments in U.S. food and agricultural research and extension.
- Expand stakeholder participation in the development of research and funding priorities.
A National C-FAR will foster public confidence in research through public participation in planning and evaluating the research activities.
Additional funding should be on a continuing basis to complement, not compete with or displace the existing portfolio of federal research programs. Funding would support a balanced portfolio of basic and applied research and education on a competitive grant and programmatic basis.
NASDA supports a National C-FAR that focuses on research goals, priorities and outcomes and not research administration, design or procedures. NASDA further supports research that addresses the interrelationship between food, health and medicine.