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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />n..,~ 1:."7 <br />.' -,U~J.,..r;Jd~ <br /> <br />principal modeller for the GOl model had died and subsequently the model <br /> <br />had lapsed into a period of disuse with no one prepared to run the model. <br /> <br />It was suggested by a state researcher that the <br />National-Inter-regional Agricultural Projections (NIRAP) system, maintained <br />by the Trade POlicy Branch of the International Economics Division of the <br />USDA might be a suitabl e model for the needs of the High Pl ains Study. At <br />an A-I Workshop in October of 1979, it was discovered that Leroy Quance, <br />the USDA professional responsible for the NIRAP model, was planning to give <br />a presentation on the model to the Kansas and Nebraska State A-I research- <br />ers who had interests in the NIRAP model for research purposes other than <br />the High Plains Study. An Oklahoma A-I study team member was asked to <br />attend. Representatives from Arthur D. little, Inc., requested to attend <br />the presentation as observers to get a better understanding of the NIRAP <br />model. At the conclusion of the one-day meeting, it was generally believed <br />by all participants at the meeting that the NIRAP model would be suitable <br />for the work required for the High Pl ains Study. <br /> <br />Further discussion between Quance, David Watt (USDA-ERS and adjunct <br />assistant professor at Michigan State University responsible for the actual <br />running of the model), and a team from Arthur D. Little clarified the <br />issues and problems to be solved in this part of the Study. These dis- <br />cussions resulted in a formal contract to USDA from the Department of Com- <br />merce (with ADl as the de facto contractor) in which the USDA would provide <br /> <br />1-5 <br />