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[CITE: 22USC2151a-1]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER I--INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 
  Part I--Declaration of Policy; Development Assistance Authorizations
 
Sec. 2151a-1. Agricultural research

    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.

(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. I, Sec. 103A, as added Pub. L. 94-161, title III, 
Sec. 303, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 857; amended Pub. L. 95-424, title I, 
Sec. 103(d), Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 945.)

                       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, as amended, 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.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2151f, 2151h, 2220a, 2293, 
2346 of this title.
