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Dr. Kent J.
Bradford - UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center - USA |
July 2002 |
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How has the SBC
been funded so far, and where will future funding come from? |
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After initial
support from the College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences at UC Davis, the SBC's current operational funding is
provided by an assessment program operated through the state
of California. The California Seed Advisory Board has the
authority to levy an assessment based on the value of seeds
sold in California, and a small part of this is directed to
the SBC.
Other uses for this fund are to help support the state seed
laboratory, to support enforcement of the seed law, and to
support arbitration and dispute resolution. It is our hope and
expectation that the seed industry will continue to contribute
to the SBC's operations through this fund.
Research projects are funded individually by private
cooperators or by grants written by SBC staff. |
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