Feeding the world's growing population is one of the most critical policy challenges for the
21st century. With tightening constraints on water, arable land, and other natural resources …

Feeding the world's growing population is one of the most critical policy challenges for the
21st century. With tightening constraints on water, arable land, and other natural resources …

Throughout history and in every part of the world, innovation in agriculture has played
crucial roles in economic development by increasing farm productivity, enhancing the …

Agricultural research has transformed agriculture and in doing so contributed to the
transformation of economies. Economic issues arise because agricultural research is …

Innovation in agriculture differs from innovation elsewhere in the economy in several
important ways. In this chapter we highlight differences arising from (a) the atomistic nature …

Over the past 50 years public agricultural research has contributed enormously to humanity,
enabling the supply of food to grow faster than demand in spite of a rapidly growing …

Investments in R&D and agricultural innovations have been fundamental to long-term
economic growth worldwide. But global resource allocation has been uneven, with some …

By 2050, according to the United Nations, the world's population is estimated to reach 9.7
billion. This presents the global agriculture sector with a daunting challenge, especially …

Standing on the brink of a biotechnology revolution in agriculture, it is timely to take stock of
the investments and institutional trends regarding agricultural R&D worldwide. In this report …

This report contains a review of the literature on the role of agricultural research and
development in fostering innovation and productivity in agriculture. The review seeks to …