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Chavonda Jacobs-Young Quotes

born 1967 United States

Chavonda Jacobs-Young (born 1967) is an American government executive who served as the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics from 2022 to 2025. Jacobs-Young was previously the administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, first appointed in February 2014; she was the first female and person of color to lead the agency.

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These are the backbone of enhancing productivity, minimizing risks, and combatting emerging threats to production.

I am a lifelong learner; one best practice I’ve instituted that works for us is a custom of debriefing and lessons learned.

I am excited about the many recent technological advancements and the availability of breakthrough technologies that support and lead innovation in America’s high-tech food and agricultural economy.

We really want to be able to grow our food, feed, fiber and fuel in a way that's sustainable and resilient

I'm very excited about that opportunity to really drive the vision for the future . . . on what we should be focused on for three years.

The ability of the American farm sector to feed far more people today than 6 decades ago, while using less farmland and fewer workers and reducing the environmental impact of food production, is testimony to the impact of agricultural research and innovation.

By helping to protect U.S. agriculture, increase agricultural productivity, and increase resilience of U.S. farms these innovations contribute to farm productivity and profitability and expand the ability for U.S. leadership to address the global challenge to “feed everyone.”

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Chavonda Jacobs-Young (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.