Agriculture & Food Science — what the record shows
8 coded decisions · read for the reasons cases fail, not to score you
Fewer than 20 coded cases at this depth — figures shown are for Founders & Entrepreneurs.
How cases like this are judged
These figures are for the Founders & Entrepreneurs profile — too few cases at this depth for its own. Of the 1,285 decisions there that reached the merits, here is where each Dhanasar prong was found not established. 233 more never reached the merits and are not counted below.
Prong 1 — national importancenot established in 1228 of 1271 (97%)
1184 of those were the deciding prong.
Prong 2 — well positionednot established in 92 of 127 (72%)
58 of those were the deciding prong.
Prong 3 — balance of factorsnot established in 20 of 44 (45%)
4 of those were the deciding prong.
Where cases like this most often fail
What this profile cannot afford to skip
- ✓The relevant question is not the importance of the industry or profession in which the individual will work. The endeavor itself must have substantial merit and national importance, distinct from the field's general value.
- ✓Letters must name your specific endeavor and trace how your work shaped later work. Officers are trained that letters praising skills in general terms do not add value as evidence.
- ✓Citation counts alone are trained to be insufficient. Officers weigh a qualitative account of why the work matters. Show what the citing papers built on yours, not an h-index screenshot.
The appeal outcomes behind these numbers
Shareable finding
Agriculture & Food Science: economic claims unsupported in 92% of failures
1518 coded decisions, 2016-2026 · economic claims unsupported in 1153
Adjacent profiles
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Statistics from the coded record (2016–2026). Methodology