AGRICULTURE RESEARCH EXTENSION AND EDUCATION REFORM ACT 1998

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AGRICULTURE RESEARCH EXTENSION AND EDUCATION
REFORM ACT1998

• PLAN OF WORK

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Positive Aspects of POW

• Review of projects and programs by SAES and CES
  in each state
• Package projects into programs
• Links SAES and CES activities
• Provides a mechanism for reporting on our best
  research each year
• Establishes firm support from Stakeholders
• Provides the necessary information for GPRA
  without burdening the State System

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PROCESS USED AT UAES

• Power Point presentation of entire POW developed,
  to be placed on the web
• Presented to UAES staff
• 5 preliminary programs determined in Directors
  office
• Presented to UAES Department Heads
• Presented to one Stakeholder group
• Coordinated with UCES
• Developed plan for Stakeholder input
• Evaluation of potential problem areas and concerns

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Concerns of the UAES Staff

• How can we report on only part of what we do
• Why are we doing this when we already have the
  CRIS System in place
• Can we limit the length of the document to 10
  pages per program
• How do we define programs in the SAES
• Who determines what projects fit into an SAES
  program
• What funds are included in the POW
• Who does the writing of the POW

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5 Preliminary Programs Selected

• Goal 1 -- No program selected
• Goal 2 -- Plant and Animal Health and Safety
• Goal 3 -- Agriculture Product Enhancement
• Goal 4 -- Pasture Development, Reclamation and
  Quality
• Goal 4 -- Human, Wildlife and Domestic Animal
  Interactions and Compatibility
• Goal 5 -- Family Training, Development,
  Assistance and Sociology

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Concerns of the Department Heads

• All faculty members research not included in the
  preliminary programs
• Who coordinates the development of the POW
• How do the Department Heads interact in the
  development of the POW
• How much will be expected of faculty during the
  reporting on the POW
• How will the matrix help CSREES

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Concerns of 1st Stakeholder Group

• We cant understand the language of the program
  areas you selected
• We want you to do research on Jointed Goat Grass
• We want a herbicide resistant wheat
• We need help on getting better prices for our
  crops
• We need to know more about UAES research projects

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Plan of Work Matrix

• Statement of Issues(s) Performance Goal(s)
• Key Program Components(s)
• Internal and External Linkages
• Target Audiences
• Evaluation Framework
• Output Indicators
• Outcome Indicators
• Program Duration
• Allocated Resources

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Discussion Points to Help Department Heads and
Faculty Buy-in

• Keep the POW as simple as possible
• Do as much work as possible in the Directors
  Office
• No POW, no Federal
• No stakeholder input, no Federal
• Use CRIS reports for writing the report but will
  need impact statements (BETTER CRIS REPORTS)
• Department Heads and faculty are considered
  stakeholders

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Potential Conflicts in Developing 1st POW

• Linkage of SAES and CES programs
• POW reports only on Hatch and Smith-Lever but
  Stakeholders are invited to respond on all
  Federal formula funds in the SAES and CES
  (Glossary of Terms problem)
• Identifying appropriate number of programs,
  breadth and depth
• Meeting the law with respect to Stakeholder input
• Common definitions of terms by CES, SAES and
  CSREES personnel
• Differences in Multis for CES and SAES

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THE END
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

• Formula Funds for purposes of the Plan of Work
  Guidelines -- Funding provided by formula to
  1862 institutions under the Hatch and sections
  3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Acts, as amended
  and, and 1890 institutions and Sections 1444 and
  1445 of the National Agriculture Research,
  Extension Teaching Policy Act of 1977 as amended.

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Glossary of Terms, cont

• Formula Funds for purposes of Stakeholder Input
  -- Formula funds refers to funding by formula to
  1862, 1890 and 1994 institutions. Those programs
  distributed by formula include the Hatch funds,
  Sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith Lever Acts, as
  amended and 1890 institutions under Sections 1444
  and 1445 of the National Agriculture Research,
  Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as
  amended, as well as, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative
  Forestry Research Programs, Animal Health and
  Disease Research Program (Section 1433), and
  interest distributed to 1994 institutions from
  the Native American Endowment Fund

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Goal 2 Program

• Plant and Animal Health and Safety
• Disease Control
• Genetic Manipulation for Control
• Biocontrol verses Chemical Control

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Goal 3 Program

• Agriculture Product Enhancement
• Feeding animals to enhance nutritional quality of
  the animal and the products
• Milk and milk product nutritional enhancement and
  pharmaceutical production
• Genetic and biotechnological nutritional
  enhancement of crops

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Goal 4 Program

• Pasture Development, Reclamation and Quality
• Beef
• Dairy Cattle
• Sheep
• Horses
• Turkeys

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2nd Goal 4 Program

• Human, Wildlife and Domestic Animal Interactions
  and Compatibility
• Animal damage management
• Cedar Mountain grazing
• ARS predator studies
• Wildlife migration
• IPM and pesticides
• Water quality and quantity

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Goal 5 Program

• Family Training, Development, Assistance and
  Sociology
• Infants
• Adolescents
• Teenagers
• Adults
• Elderly
• Underserved