Agricultural Economics .......... ... 35
 Regulation of the use and adoption
 of "high technology" inputs ...... 35
 Overuse of durables and
 expendables ................ ... 35
 Farming systems research (FSR) .... 35
 Research on firms that market,
 process and distribute farm
 products ....................... 36
 Equity and equality issues.......... 36
 Technological advances and
 public infrastructures ........ ... 36
 International trade ............ ... 37
 Redesign of capital and fiscal
 institutions for farms and range
 and forest resources ............. 37
 The public data system ............ 37
 Agricultural sector studies .......... 37
 Rural Sociology ................ . 37
 The kinds of technology
 developed ........... ...... . 38
 Studies of changes in the
 lifestyles and objectives of
 rural people.................... 38
 Computerized contracts and
 controls ................... . 38
 Demographic changes ............. 38
Disciplinary Research in Social and
 Institutional Sciences ................ 38
 The Theory of Public and/or
 Private Risk Bearing .............. 38
 The Theory of Producing Joint
 Products from Resources Sometimes
 Under Joint Public and
 Private Ownership ................ 38
 Economic Aspects of Conservation and
 Investments in Natural Resources ... 38
 Economic Aspects of Controlling
 Institutions ........................ 39
 Institutional Decision Making and
 Adm inistration ................... 39


 Measurement of Values ..............
Subject-Matter and Disciplinary
 Research on Human Development of
 Importance for Technological Advance
 in A agriculture ..................... ..
 Subject-Matter Research on
 Human Development ............. .
 Home Economics/Human
 E cology ...................... . .
 Vocational Agriculture, Cooperative
 Extension Services, FFA, FHA,
 4-H Clubs, Academic Programs
 in Agricultural Technology,
 Personnel Development Programs
 and Resident Instruction Programs
 of Colleges of Agriculture ........ .
 Disciplinary or Basic Research
 in Sciences Relevant for Human
 D evelopm ent.......................
 Human Capital and the Family ......


 Human Capital and Society .......... 41
 Stress Management.................. 41
 The Productivity of Human
 C capital .......................... 41
 Learning and the Management
 of New Technologies .............. 41
Subject-Matter and Disciplinary Research
 Involving the Accumulation of Physical
 and Biological Capital................. 41
 Subject-Matter Research on
 Biophysical Capital ............. ... 42
 Basic Disciplinary Research on
 Biological and Physical Capital
 Accum ulation ...................... 42
 Measuring Changes in the
 Quality of Capital ................ 42
 The Theory of Producer-
 Generated Capital ................ 42
 The Theory and Measurement of
 Capital Complementary to and
 Substitutable for Land and
 L abor ........................... 43
 Control of Overinvestments in the
 Private Sector .................... 43
General Conclusions Concerning
 Priorities for Problem-Solving, Subject-
 Matter and Disciplinary Research with
 Respect to Food and Agriculture........ 43
 Balances and Imbalances Among
 Research on Technology,
 Institutions, Human Development
 and Capital Growth ............ ... 43
 The Essential Role of the USDA
 and Land-Grant Colleges ............ 43
 The Private Sector Role in Agricultural
 and Food Research ............. ... 43
 Research Priorities for DISC
 Research ...................... ... 44
 Achieving a Balance Between Problem-
 Solving and Subject-Matter Research
 and Disciplinary Research ........... 44
 Disciplinary Research Both Within
 and Outside the Agricultural
 Research Establishment .......... ... 44


 PART IV WHAT IS REQUIRED? .........
 Research Objectives .......................
 Increases in Yields ....................
 Labor-saving Technology ..............
 Fossil Energy .........................
 Conservation and Soil-Enhancing
 Technology ........................
 W ater Resources ......................
 Institutional Change ..................
 Human Development ..................
 Required Funding, Personnel and
40 Administrative Restructuring .............
 Budgetary Requirements ...............
 Personnel Requirements ...............
41 Administrative Requirements ...........
41 REFERENCES .............................