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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 … innovations that reduce the susceptibility of agricultural production to these uncontrolled factors. These features of agriculture …. Informal innovation and technical discovery processes characterized agriculture from its beginnings some 10,000 years ago …

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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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Productivity measurement in the presence of quality change

Craig, Barbara J. - In: American journal of agricultural economics 78 (1996) 5, pp. 1349-1354

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