Following a six-month review of the UC Davis Strawberry Breeding Program, the California state auditor’s office released recommendations — including suggestions for future funding and revenue collection — for the acclaimed program.
“The audit addressed many of the same issues also covered in an internal UC Davis audit of the Strawberry Breeding Program, issued in April,” said Mary Delany, executive associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
“Campus and college leaders are pleased that the state audit confirmed many of our own findings, indicating that the program is operating well within state regulations and university policies,” she said. “We have responded to the audit’s recommendations and will be incorporating several of its suggestions as the strawberry program moves forward under the direction of our new strawberry breeder.”
The state auditor’s report is available at http://www.bsa.ca.gov and UC Davis’ internal audit report can be downloaded from an online press kit at http://bit.ly/1Mjb3ug.