NIFA Science for Sustainability
Working Group
The momentum for integrating the concepts
and principles of sustainable development
within academia, business, and government
across many sectors such as agriculture,
youth development, natural resources, and
community development has continued to grow
over the past decade.
A number of NIFA programs have a sustainable
dimension indirectly, if not overtly, and
therefore involve a variety of NIFA national
program staff who provide leadership for
sustainability within their program and discipline
areas.
NIFA national program staff participate
in a number of U.S. Government, USDA, and
NIFA activities related to sustainability
such as the USDA
Council on Sustainable Development, State
Department Partnerships, and an internal
working group—NIFA Science for Sustainability
Working Group.
The NIFA Science for Sustainability Working
Group is made up of national program staff
from across NIFA. It works to:
- expand the research and development agenda
about sustainability,
- strengthen the infrastructure and capacity
for conducting and applying science to
sustainability, and
- connect science and policy to effectively
pursue a transition toward sustainability.
NIFA's Science for Sustainability Working
Group's reports detail its achievements in
sustainability leadership:
Members include:
Those who want to know more about sustainability
or share their successes may register through
the NIFA Sustainable Development Program
listserv by sending an e-mail to Greg
Crosby. Registrants receive periodic
updates concerning programs, events, and
resources related to sustainable development
and are able to share their information with
others on the list.
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