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Chapter 22. The Economics of Innovation and Technical Change in Agriculture
Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M.; Ruttan, Vernon W. - 2010
Innovation in agriculture differs from innovation elsewhere in the economy in several important ways. In this chapter … agricultural technologies and the implications for spatial spillovers and the demand for adaptive research, and (c) the role of … innovations that reduce the susceptibility of agricultural production to these uncontrolled factors. These features of agriculture …
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Ending hunger in our lifetime: Food security and globalization
Runge, C. Ford (contributor); Senauer, Benjamin (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
At a time in history when conflict erupts daily in far-flung corners of the world, ending severe deprivation may be critical to global peace and stability. Yet we are far from reaching the goal of reducing hunger by 2025. The authors of this book bring good news: hunger can be banished in our...
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Agricultural science policy: Changing global agendas
Alston, Julian M. (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Technological advances developed through R&D have supplied the world with not only more food, but better food. This report looks at issues raised by this changing environment for agricultural productivity, agricultural R&D, and natural resource management.
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THE PAYOFFS TO AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EVIDENCE
Marra, Michele C.; Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M. - 2002
Transgenic crops are relatively new technologies being adopted rapidly in the United States and in a few other countries. The economic impacts of these technologies have, thus far, been estimated in a piecemeal fashion. The purpose of this study was to collect and characterize the economic...
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Financing science for global food security: essay in Annual Report
Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M.; Smith, Vincent H. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998
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Patterns of agricultural development in the United States
Craig, Barbara J.; Pardey, Philip G. - 1990
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The impact of foreign assistance on agricultural growth
Norton, George W. - In: Economic development and cultural change 40 (1992) 4, pp. 775-786
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Sustaining growth in agriculture : a quantitative review of agricultural research investments
Anderson, Jock R. - In: Agricultural economics : the journal of the … 10 (1994) 2, pp. 107-123
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Research, productivity, and output growth in Chinese agriculture
Fan, Shenggen - In: Journal of development economics 53 (1997) 1, pp. 115-137
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International productivity patterns : accounting for input quality, infrastructure, and research
Craig, Barbara J. - In: American journal of agricultural economics 79 (1997) 4, pp. 1064-1076
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