Hardy, Ralph W.F.2017-06-062017-06-061998-12-14https://hdl.handle.net/1813/50986A vision for the developmend and expasnion of agriculture into production of fuels, chemicals, and functional foods.Agricultural research and development (AR&D) will take the lead in providing the technology for a biobased economy in the 21st century. In contrast with our present fossil-based economy, the biobased economy will use renewable resources such as plants instead of non-renewable fossil sources. With the biobased industry now emerging, AR&D has a greatly expanded role beyond the traditional areas of food, feed, and fiber.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalAgricultural biotechnologybiobase economyfood qualityfood safetyreport