Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§2151a–1 Agricultural Research
Title 22 › CHAPTER 32 — FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Part I — Declaration of Policy; Development Assistance Authorizations › § 2151a–1
Summary
Research must focus on small farmers, study how technology, institutions, and economic, social, environmental, and cultural factors interact for small farms, use field testing to fit local conditions, and make sure results and technologies reach and can be used by small farmers.
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Title 22, §2151a–1
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Agricultural research carried out under this chapter shall (1) take account of the special needs of small farmers in the determination of research priorities, (2) include research on the interrelationships among technology, institutions, and economic, social, environmental, and cultural factors affecting small-farm agriculture, and (3) make extensive use of field testing to adapt basic research to local conditions. Special emphasis shall be placed on disseminating research results to the farms on which they can be put to use, and especially on institutional and other arrangements needed to assure that small farmers have effective access to both new and existing improved technology.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1978—Pub. L. 95–424 inserted “environmental” after “social” in cl. 2.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–424 effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 605 of Pub. L. 95–424, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 2151a–1
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102