v recommendations of that external team were favorable tmaintaining farming systems at Florida, though questions about further institutionalization were raised. The FSR/E project continues to face a number of administrative/managerial problems, mostly related to turnover of personnel. An individual in a long term position is needed to maintain an updated data management system including field trial and enterprise records. Questions about how members of the project should be evaluated within the University system need to be addressed. Acknowledcements This report was prepared by Dwight L. Schmidt, in collaboration with the members of the North Florida FSR/E Project, in April, 1984. Drs. Peter Hildebrand, Edwin French and Micie -Swisher provided major assistance to Dr. Schmidt.