Journal article
Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems (STEEP)
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.217(4563), pp.904-909
09/03/1982
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109425
PMID: 17747941
Abstract
This article describes one model for organizing and mobilizing scientific resources to address the highly complex and costly problem of soil erosion in the Pacific Northwest. With a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to the agricultural experiment stations in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, as well as supplementary state and federal funds, STEEP awards intermediate-term (15 year) grants for research in five areas: tillage and plant management, plant design, erosion and runoff predictions, pest management, and socioeconomics of erosion control. Most of the research projects require collaboration across disciplines and, in some instances, across state boundaries. After 6 years of effort the results obtained with STEEP indicate that the model might be applicable to other regions and problems.
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- Title
- Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems (STEEP)
- Creators
- Dennis L Oldenstadt - Associate director of the Agricultural Research Center at Washington State University, Pullman 99164Robert E Allan - USDA-ARS plant geneticist at Washington State University, Pullman 99164George W Bruehl - Plant pathologist at Washington State University, Pullman 99164Donald A Dillman - Rural sociologist at Washington State UniversityEdgar L Michalson - Agricultual economist at the University of Idaho, Moscow 83843Robert I Papendick - USDA-ARS soil scientist at PullmanDonald J Rydrych - Weed scientist at the Pendleton Station of Oregon State University 97801
- Publication Details
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.217(4563), pp.904-909
- Academic Unit
- Crop and Soil Sciences, Department of
- Identifiers
- 99900547273301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article