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 …

Interstate and international spillovers from public agricultural research and development
(R&D) investments account for a significant share of agricultural productivity growth. Hence …

This paper describes an ex-ante multi-objective framework (economic efficiency, equity,
internationality and sustainability) for assessing research priorities at an international …

Studies of the rates of return to research have usually been based on the implicit assumption
that if there were no research, then there would be neither growth nor decline in output or …

ABSTRACT With the Biotech Revolution, questions are being asked about what role the
government should play in the process—does public research in developing countries play …

THE MODELS of agricultural research described by Fuglie in chapter 2 and Falck-Zepeda
and Traxler in chapter 6 depict a system in which public and private research largely …

Support for research is increasingly dependent upon the results of that research having
relevance to society's needs and public benefits. This increases pressure to move research …

With the Biotech Revolution questions are already being asked about what role the
government should play in the process-does public research in developing countries have a …

Over the past four decades, agriculture in Virginia has undergone a transition from a labour-
intensive, resource-based industry to a more capital and information-intensive, science …

The main objective of this study was to investigate the economic efficiency of investment in
sugar beet breeding research in Iran. The required information including the value and cost …