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2) the identified need/problem is presented to the team. An evaluation as to its prevalance within the clintele population and importance to various farming systems follows.
NOTE: Once a research A.E rt is begun, problems arise which occasionally involve an immediate decision -- e.g., something that must be done for an on-farm research trial. Team leaders have the authority to act on their own in these cases.
3) alternatives to the problem are discussed and research designs proposed. Since 1982, the designs of research trials emerging fron these discussions have usually been assigned toindividual team members to prepare. In some cases, these are thesis projects. As the project develops its base in Live Oak, designs have increasingly been prepared on the basis of farmer, extension agent, research station scientist and field-team member collaboration, reflecting the shift in team composition to staff not working in Gainesville.
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Figure 5. Proposed Regionally-Focused Farming Systems Effort, with base at area Agricultural
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