Strategic planning in public R&D organizations for agribusiness: Brazil and the United States of America

摘要

There is increasing evidence that public organizations dedicated exclusively to research and development (R&D) in agribusiness need systematic management tools to incorporate the uncertainties and complexities of technological and nontechnological factors of external environments in its long- term strategic plans. The major issues are: "What will be the agribusiness science and technology (S&T) needs be in the future?" "How to prepare in order to meet these needs?" both Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Brazilian Agriucultural Research Corporation, Embrapa), attached To the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a comprehensive strategic and operational planning Process in order to answer these key questions in the 1990s.