Download or read book Methods to Assist with Agricultural Research Priority Setting written by G.W. Norton and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research administrators in national agricultural research (NARS) are faced with the need to establish priorities and allocate resources among competing programs. Strategic decisions on the relative importance of particular commodities and major research program areas are made on a periodic basis, and short term, project level decisions are made almost continuously. Research administrators are increasingly seeking new methods or tools to help mediate the sometimes conflicting demands of producers, farm input suppliers, consumers, scientists, and politicians. If such methods are to be helpful, they must be cost-effective, yet capable of incorporating technical and economic information as well as key value judgments on goals and objectives for the research system.