; (2) identify gaps in current agriculture climate research and develop a biennial national research agenda and annual scientific recommendations to address areas of critical need for publicly funded agriculture climate research; (3) (A) every 5 years, evaluate the results and effectiveness of climate-specific agricultural research, extension, education, and economics with respect to the policies and priorities described in paragraph (1); and (B) make recommendations to the Secretary based on such evaluation; (4) review and make programmatic and priority research recommendations to the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics on the climate-specific agricultural research, extension, education, and economics described in paragraph (3)(A); (5) review and make recommendations on the mechanisms of the Department of Agriculture for technology assessment, which shall be conducted by qualified professionals, for the purposes of— (A) performance measurement and evaluation of the implementation by the Secretary of the strategic plan of the Department of Agriculture required under section 306 of title 5, United States Code; (B) implementation of climate-specific national research policies and priorities that are consistent with the purposes described in section 1402; and (C) the development of mechanisms for the assessment of emerging public and private climate-specific agricultural research and technology transfer initiatives; (6) every 5 years, establish and update standardized data collection, management, and dissemination protocols for— (A) agriculture climate research programs of the Department of Agriculture; and (B) initiatives of the Rural Climate Alliance Network established under section 1419(c); (7) (A) consult with industry groups, producer networks, advocacy organizations, scientific societies, and higher education associations on climate-specific agricultural research, extension, education, and economics; and (B) make recommendations to the Secretary based on such consultation