Agricultural Marketing: Federally Authorized Commodity Research and Promotion Programs

RCED-94-63 Published: Dec 29, 1993. Publicly Released: Jan 13, 1994.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) agricultural commodity research and promotion programs, focusing on the extent of: (1) check-off fund use; (2) AMS oversight; and (3) oversight coordination between AMS and other Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies.

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Agriculture and Food

Agricultural industryAgricultural productsAgricultural programsAgricultural researchCommodity marketingFunds managementGovernment collectionsInteragency relationsProgram evaluationSales promotion