2. UC
ANR
is
a
vital
partner,
working
hand
in
hand
with
agriculture
to:
• enhance
plant
produc.vity
and
health
• provide
growers
with
scien.fically
tested
produc.on
techniques
and
Californians
with
increased
food
safety
• protect
the
environment
• protect
the
environment
• enhance
markets
• help
the
balance
of
trade
UC ANR
3. • 3
colleges
• 1
professional
school
• 9
Research
and
Extension
Centers
• 8
statewide
programs
• Coopera.ve
Extension
Programs
in
every
county
• 276
Coopera.ve
Extension
advisors
and
specialists
4. In
2011:
• California
farm
revenue:
$43.5
billion
• Number
of
crops
produced:
400+
• Number
of
crops
that
exceed
$1
billion
in
revenue:
11
• California
ag
exports:
$44.7
billion
• Farm
revenues
up
by
15%
over
2010
• 800,000
workers
on
81,500
farms
5. California
almond
yields
have
nearly
doubled
and
food
safety
has
increased
through
prac.ces
based
in
UC
research
and
extension
in:
• Irriga.on
• Nutrient
delivery
• Tree
spacing
• Canopy
management
6.
7. UC
is
the
largest
public
holder
of
agricultural
and
biotech
patents
registered
in
the
United
States.
8. UC
ANR
researchers
are
working
to
meet
tomorrow’s
food
demand
with
innova.ons
in:
• Animal
care
and
breeding
• Plant
varie.es
• Irriga.on
and
nutrient
delivery
• Pest
and
disease
management
prac.ces
9. “We’re
going
to
have
to
produce
more
food
in
the
next
40
years
than
we
have
the
last
10,000.
Some
people
say
we’ll
just
add
more
land
or
more
water.
But
we’re
not
going
to
(be
able
to)
do
much
of
either.”
William
Lesher,
former
USDA
chief
economist
“Our
NaHon’s
agricultural
research
enterprise
is
not
prepared
to
meet
the
challenges
that
U.S.
agriculture
faces
in
the
21st
century.”
PCAST
Report,
Dec.
2012
13. PCAST DECEMBER 2012 REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL
PREPAREDNESS AND THE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH
ENTERPRISE
PCAST
recommends
that
the
United
States
increase
its
investment
in
agricultural
research
by
a
total
of
$700
million
per
year
focusing
on
addressing
the
emerging
challenges
described
above.
This
must
be
coupled
with
a
corresponding
increase
in
Coopera.ve
Extension
funding.
15. 446
276
424
259
250
350
450
550
2000-‐01
2001-‐02
2002-‐03
2003-‐04
2004-‐05
2005-‐06
2006-‐07
2007-‐08
2008-‐09
2009-‐10
2010-‐11
2011-‐12
2000-‐01
Permanent
Budgeted
FTE
=
870.69
DUE TO STATE AND FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS
ANR ACADEMIC AND STAFF PERSONNEL HAVE
DECREASED 38% SINCE 2000-2001
2011-‐12
Permanent
Budgeted
FTE
=
535.77
16. PROGRAMMATIC IMPACTS OVER LAST
DECADE
• Programma.c
and
administra.ve
reduc.ons
include:
– Integrated
Pest
Management
Program
– Sustainable
Agricultural
Research
and
Educa.on
Program
– Water
Resources
Center
- Eliminated
Coopera.ve
Extension
regional
offices
- Consolidated
administra.ve
units
- Eliminated
leadership
posi.ons
• Pending
reduc.ons
due
to
Sequester
and
Federal
Cuts
17. FINDING ALTERNATIVES – NEW
PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY
New
posi.ons
have
recently
been
funded
by:
• Rice
Research
Board
• California
Pistachio
Research
Board
• California
Table
Grape
Commission
We’re
collabora.ng
with
the
Citrus
Research
Board
to
fight
the
threat
of
ACP
and
Huanglongbing.
18. "Many
of
the
developments
necessary
to
meet
these
challenges
are
public
goods
and
not
easily
moneHzed.
These
challenges
require
a
strong
public
commitment
to
agricultural
research
[and
extension],
one
that
fosters
a
culture
of
innovaHon
and
excellence
to
address
some
of
the
greatest
threats
to
U.S.
long-‐term
prosperity
and
security.”
-‐-‐
(From
the
PCAST
Report.)
PARTNERSHIPS WITH
INDUSTRY ONLY GO
SO FAR…
