What are the integral elements of the proposal?
The CREATE-21 proposal has two “integral” elements: (1) creation of a new “National Institutes of Food and Agriculture” through consolidation of agencies, programs, and activities currently within the USDAs Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area (REE) and U.S. Forest Service R&D; and (2) authorization of new funding to increase the intramural capabilities of the Institute and its land-grant and related university partners and to increase competitive research programs to address critical food, agriculture, and natural resource problems.