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UF/IFAS Extension provides Floridians with lifelong learning programs in cooperation with county governments, the United States Department of Agriculture, and Florida A&M. The wide breadth of educational programming offered in each county responds to the local needs of residents, schools, regulatory agencies, community organizations, and industry.
IFAS is a federal, state, and local government partnership dedicated to develop knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences and to make that knowledge accessible to sustain and enhance the quality of human life. IFAS was awarded $181.7 million in annual research expenditures in sponsored research for 2024. [4]
Many of the non-native plant species documented in Florida are assessed for invasive potential by UF/IFAS. [179] FISC describes Category I species as plants which displace native species, disrupt ecological functions, or hybridize with native species. [180]
J. Scott Angle (born January 6, 1953) is the University of Florida's Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources and leader of UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Early life and education
Since 2005, the Extension system has collaborated in developing eXtension.org (pronounced "e-extension"). eXtension is an Internet-based learning platform where Extension professionals and citizens nationwide and beyond have 24/7 access to unbiased, research-based, peer-reviewed information from land-grant universities on a wide range of topics.
Ruth H. Alexander, former chair to the Physical Education Department at the University of Florida [1] Orland K. Armstrong, founded the University of Florida School of Journalism and former member of the United States House of Representatives [2] Sharon Wright Austin, director of the African-American Studies Program at the University of Florida [3]
He joined the University of Florida faculty in 1979 and retired on July 1, 2003. During that time, he served as Director and Professor for IFAS International Programs, Agricultural Economics (1972-1999), and as a professor of Food and Resource Economics. Hildebrand's international background encompasses work in over 31 countries over 35 years.
Manual Monitoring of Farm Water Tables - University of Florida IFAS Extension; Irrigated Acreage in Florida: A Summary through 1998 - University of Florida IFAS Extension; Efficiencies of Florida Agricultural Irrigation Systems - describes field subirrigation systems as used in Florida