Center for Crops Utilization Research
| dc.date | 2021-02-26T22:00:05.134 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-27T15:57:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-02-27T15:57:51Z | |
| dc.description | In the 1980s a crisis existed in American farming—a crisis of overproduction, underutilization, and decreasing international market share for raw commodities. Also, the United States’ growing dependence on imported oil and long-term forecasts for increasing oil prices put America at risk. To address this crisis, Center for Crops Utilization Research (CCUR) was established in 1984 through a special appropriation from the Iowa legislature. The center was tasked to respond to the urgent need to improve America’s agricultural competitiveness. Four decades later, there are new opportunities to increase demand for Iowa’s crops. Consumer demand is increasing for new healthful food ingredients, biobased alternatives to petroleum-based products, and sustainable and environmentally friendly industrial processes. The rapid advancement of new food processing technologies and industrial biotechnology enable those demands to be met in an economically viable way. While CCUR’s core mission of increasing demand for Iowa crops remains relevant, the center is also taking these opportunities to grow our connection with companies and entrepreneurs to help them to test, troubleshoot, and optimize their ideas in an industrial-friendly setting. | |
| dc.identifier | ccur | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/98958 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | ag | |
| dc.title | Center for Crops Utilization Research | |
| dc.type | ir_community | |
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| organization.legalName | Center for Crops Utilization Research | |
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