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PREAMBLE The North Cazolina Cooperative Extension Service (NCCES) was established as 'a part of the .College of Agriculture and..Life Science's of North Cazolina State University (NCSU) by federal and state legislation, for the, specific purpose of "extending" the educational servic- es of the University to the people of the state on subjects related to agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences,"4 H ` .~and~y_oath-:.development,.._and~community=anal rural development. The laws creating the Cooperative Extension' Service <were ~spe= eifically designed to assure' `that the find- ings of research in these'' areas are com= municated to the people of the state. Under the Federal Appropriations Act of 1972, funds were provided to the 1862 land-grant universities (NCSU) to .enhance. the exten- sion outreach of the 1890 universities, which ,included North Carolina.: A&T .State Univer- sity (NCA&T). The Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 further stipulated .that these funds be appropriated .directly to ,the. ,1890 ' institu- , , tions, and formalized the North Carolina Co- operative Extension .Program: '(N'CCEP) as an official part of the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at NCA&T. While representing ~ two separate Universi- ties, the North Cazolina~ Cooperative Exten- sion Service (NCSU) and the;, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Program .(NCA&T) work together to better serve thee, people of the State through the delivery. of locally rel- evant programs, education and , expertise. Legislation further provided for a` coopera- tive relationship among three 'levels of gov- ernment federal, state, and county-to ensure that the needs of all three levels are addressed. The primary., purpose of North Cazolina Cooper- ative Extension i5 to`provide the people ofNorth Carolina with~tlie most current and relevant un- biased research'=based information-particulazly that .which'is, related to strengthening the econ- omy through profitable, sustainable and safe food, forest and green industry systems; to pro- tecting the environment and natural resources; "and to empowering youth asd' families to lead -~=liealtluer-~ives~and=bec=ome°eomYnuriity-leaders This 'is accomplished by Cooperative Extension employees ~ who are charged with carrying out the extension education programs of the uni- versity'and the U. S..Department of Agriculture. Cooperative Extension has., suff dent flexibility to permit' attention to the special problems, needs and interests ofthe citizens and leadership in each county. Therefore, the programmatic, personnel and funding ' complement reflects the ~ unique needs:. of each.county. County Advisory Coun- cils aze consulted on a regulaz basis to assist in prioritizing the county educational program con- , tent: Program clientele or recipients of services include individuals, families, communities, mu- mcipalitzes; ~` agricultural and. seafood process- ing and'inazketing firms, other businesses and certain organizations. This includes work with adults and youth in both urban and rural settings. To assure that educational programs offered by Cooperative Extension meet the needs of local clientele, it is important that both elected and appointed decision:makers at each level,of gov- ernment understand;then-respective responsibil- itiesand relationships in the conduct and funding of this work, To this end, the following portions of this Memorandum of Understanding will de- tail the individual relationships and mutually agreed upon responsibilities of NCSU, NCA&T and each county that signs this agreement.