FY2000-04 (October 1, 1999 - September 30, 2004)

Goal 1. Through research and education, empower the agricultural system with knowledge that will improve competitiveness in domestic production, processing, and marketing.
	POW 1.A.Operating Agri-Food Systems for Profitability and Sustainability
	POW 1.B.Value Added Forest Products: Wood and Non-Wood
	POW 1.C. Agricultural Productivity and Efficiency
	POW 1.D Improving Animal Health
	POW 1.E. Animal Waste and Nutrient Management
	POW 1.F.Forces of Change - Improving Public Understanding of the Food, Fiber, and Forest Products System
	POW 1.G. Effective and Efficient Use of Technology
	POW 1.H. Value-Added Food Products: Quality and Processing Issues
Goal 2. To ensure an adequate food and fiber supply and food safety through improved science based detection, surveillance, prevention, and education.
	POW 2.A. A Systems Approach to Food Safety
Goal 3. Through research and education on nutrition and development of more nutritious foods, enable people to make health-promoting choices.
	POW 3.A. Diet, Nutrition and Health
Goal 4. Enhance the quality of the environment through better understanding of and building on agriculture's and forestry's complex links with soil, water, air, and biotic resources.
	POW 4.A. Management of Land Resources and Wastes
	POW 4.B. Watershed Management and Water Quality
	POW 4.C. Soil Management to Protect and Enhance the Environment
	POW 4.D. Sustaining Pennsylvania Forests
	POW 4.E. Wildlife and Fisheries Management and Sustainability
Goal 5. Empower people and communities, through research-based information and education, to address the economic and social challenges facing our youth, families, and communities.
	POW 5.A. Strengthen and Support Family Well-Being
	POW 5.B. Management of Individual and Family Resources
	POW 5.C. Workforce Preparation
	POW 5.D. Youth Development
	POW 5.E. Building Leadership Capacity
	POW 5.F. Volunteer Management and Development of Volunteer Skills
	POW 5.G. Community Capacity Building and Decisionmaking
	POW 5.H. Income and Business Generation and Enhancement
	POW 5.I. Healthy People/Healthy Communities
	POW 5.J. Urban and Community Forestry
	POW 5.K. Home Horticulture/Consumer Horticulture

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