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Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA)

A unit of the APLU Commission on Food, Environment, and Renewable Resources that promotes agriculture (food, environment, agriculture, natural resources, and international) in state universities and Land-grant colleges.

Policy Board of Directors
Budget and Advocacy Committee
Committe on Legislation and Policy
Committee on Communications and Marketing
National Impact Database Reporting
Academic Committe on Organization and Policy (ACOP)

Cooperative Extension Section (CES)

A unit of the APLU Commission on Food, Environment and Renewable Resources, BAA, made up of all Cooperative Extension Directors and Administrators.

Extension Committe on Organization and Policy (ECOP)
Extension Program Committee

Program Action Teams

Climate Extension
Workforce Development
Health Extension
4-H Positive Youth Development
Urban Ag and Food Systems
Broadband Infrastructure
Food Systems (Food Loss and Waste)

Cooperative Extension Regional Associations

1890 Region - Association of Extension Administrators (AEA)
North Central Region - North Central Cooperative Extension Association (NCCEA )
Northeast Region - Northeast Extension Directors Association (NEED)
Southern Region – Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED)
Western Region – Western Extension Directors Association (WEDA)

ECOP Committees

Extension Committee on Organization and Policy: a unit of the APLU CFERR BAA that is the representative governing body of the Cooperative Extension Section.

ECOP Budget and Legislative Committee

Experiment Station Section (ESS)

A unit of the APLU, CFEER, BAA made up of the Directors of Land-grant Institution’s experiment stations.

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Experiment Station Regional Associations

1890 Region - Association of Research Directors (ARD)
North Central Region - North Central Regional Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NCRA)
Northeast Region - Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (NERA)
Southern Region – Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD)
Western Region – Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (WAAESD)

ESCOP Committees

The Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP) is a unit of the APLU CFERR, BAA that is the representative governing body of the Experiment Station Section.

ESCOP Budget and Legislative Committee
ESCOP Science and Technology Committee
ESCOP National IPM and Crop Protection Subcommittee
ESCOP Social Science Committee
ESCOP Emerging Issues and Future Directions Task Force
ESCOP Multistate Coordinating Committee

International Agriculture Section (IAS)
Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET)
Non-Land-grant Agriculture and Renewable Resources Universities (NARRU) 
National Extension and Research Administrative Officer’s Conference (NERAOC)
LEAD 21 Leadership Development Program
Food Systems Leadership Institute
Board on Health and Human Sciences
Board on Natural Resources (BNR)
Board on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate
Board on Veterinary Medicine
Page last updated: May 20, 2025

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