# Presentation: 394448

## Land-Grant System Accountability: Learning from the CSREES Portfolio Review Process

- Steven Loring
- Assistant Director
- Agricultural Experiment Station

## Generic Logic Model CSREES – Office of Planning & Accountability(This model is intended to be illustrative guide for reporting on CSREES-funded research, education and extension activities.  It is not a comprehensive inventory of our programs.)

**Generic Logic Model**** ****CSREES – Office of Planning & Accountability**(This model is intended to be illustrative guide for reporting on CSREES-funded research, education and extension activities.  It is not a comprehensive inventory of our programs.)

**Outcomes**

- Actions

**Inputs**

**Situation**

**Activities**

- Knowledge

- Conditions

**Outputs**

- Version 1.0

- - New fundamental or
-   applied knowledge
- - Scientific publications
- - Patents
- - New methods &
-   technology
- - Plant & animal varieties
- - Practical knowledge for
-   policy and
-   decision-makers
- - Information, skills &
-   technology for programs
- - Participants reached
- - Students graduated in
-   agricultural sciences

## Accountability

*Telling a unified story:*
- To the Administration
- To the People
- Relevance
- Quality
- Performance

## Relevance

- Listening to constituents to determine relevancy at local, state, and national levels.
- Scrutiny of funds and programs.
- Focus on critical needs and emerging issues.
- Integration of programs to address the issues.

## Quality

- Monitor significance of findings and outputs.
- Seek outside input as to effectiveness.
- Utilize faculty expertise on funded projects.

## Performance

- Productivity
- Timeliness
- Outside evaluation
- Integrity of written reports and performance reviews

## CAHE Strategic Themes, Focus Areas, and Knowledge Areas

-    CAHE research, academic, and Extension outreach activities fall into three broad strategic themes, which consist of focus areas. The focus areas are equivalent to our Plans of Work. Each is comparable to a CSREES portfolio, with associated Knowledge Areas (KAs).

## CAHE Strategic Themes

**Agriculture and Natural Resources**
**Community and Economic Development**
**Human Capital**

## CAHE Strategic Theme: Agriculture and Natural Resources

**Sustainable Management of Natural Resources**
**Animal Production**
**Plant Production**
**Plant and Animal Protection**
**Food Safety and Technology**

## CAHE Strategic Theme: Community and Economic Development

**Agricultural Markets, Trade, and Economic/Business Development**

## CAHE Strategic Theme: Human Capital

**Health and Wellbeing**
**4-H and Youth Development**

## CAHE College-Wide Efforts: Program and Project Support, Administration, and Communication

**Civil Rights**
**Program and Project Support, Administration, and Communication**

## Plant and Animal Protection

**Knowledge Areas:**
- Insects, Mites, and Other Arthropods Affecting Plants
- Pathogens and Nematodes Affecting Plants
- Weeds Affecting Plants
- Vertebrates, Mollusks, and Other Pests Affecting Plants
- Biological Control of Pests Affecting Plants
- Integrated Pest Management Systems
- Animal Diseases
- External Parasites and Pests of Animals
- Internal Parasites of Animals
- Toxic Chemicals, Poisonous Plants and Naturally Occurring Toxins and Other Hazards Affecting Animals
- Animal Welfare, Well-Being, and Protection

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- Contact information:
- Steven Loring
- _[sloring@nmsu.edu](mailto:sloring@nmsu.edu)_
- (505) 646-3125