Julian Alston

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Agricultural Economist

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Professor
Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Davis
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Content from Julian Alston

Public Food and Agricultural Research in the United States: The Rise and Decline of Public Investments, and Policies for Renewal
Global and US Trends in Agricultural R&D in a Global Food Security Setting
Agricultural Production, Productivity and R&D over the Past Half Century: An Emerging New World Order
Agricultural Production, Productivity and R&D over the Past Half Century: An Emerging New World Order
The Economic Returns to U.S. Public Agricultural Research
Emerging Food Security Challenges
Food Commodity Prices in the Long Run: The Crucial Role of Agricultural Research and Productivity
Shifting Patterns of Agricultural Production and Productivity in the United States
Introduction and Overview
Global Patterns of Crop Yields and Other Partial Productivity Measures and Prices
Shifting Patterns of Global Agricultural Productivity: Synthesis and Conclusion
The Economics of Innovation and Technical Change in Agriculture
Projecting Agriculture and Agricultural R&D Potentials
U.S. Agricultural Research in a Global Food Security Setting: A Report of the CSIS Task Force on Food Security
Agricultural Research, Productivity, and Food Prices in the Long Run
Mendel versus Malthus: Research, Productivity and Food Prices in the Long Run
Structural Changes in U.S. Agricultural Production and Productivity
The Economics of Agricultural R&D
The Shifting Global Patterns of Agricultural Productivity
Theme Overview: Agricultural Productivity and Global Food Security in the Long Run
Research Lags Revisited: Concepts and Evidence from U.S. Agriculture
Agricultural R&D Spending at a Critical Crossroads
Agricultural R&D Policy: A Tragedy of the International Commons
Science, Technology and Skills
Agricultural R&D Spending at a Crossroads
U.S. Agricultural Research and Technology Policy for the 21st Century

Author's Events

The Myth of the Bottomless Breadbasket

February, 2012
Source: Soybean Business
Participants:
Philip Pardey, Julian Alston

Philip Pardey is interviewed for article promoting renewed commitment to fund food production system research. Research and data by Pardey and Julian Alston is referenced in the article.

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US Budget Fight Threatens World Food Security

July, 2011
Source: VOA News
Participants:
Philip Pardey, Julian Alston

Unintended Consequences, The Sofia Echo, August 8, 2011.

In a recommendation Philip Pardey co-wrote with Julian Alston for the American Enterprise Institute, Pardey says the government should be spending more on agricultural research and development.

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Fall in Farm R and D Risks Competitiveness

October, 2012
Source: InDaily
Participants:
Philip Pardey, Julian Alston, Connie Chan-Kang

Article highlights findings of Philip Pardey, Julian Alston and Connie Chan-Kang in "Agricultural Production, Productivity and R&D over the Past Half Century: An Emerging New World Order" an invited plenary paper presented at the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) Triennial Conference, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, (August 18-24 2012).

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International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) Triennial Conference

Aug 18, 2012 - Aug 24, 2012
Convened by: International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)
Location: Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
Participants:
Julian Alston, Philip Pardey, Connie Chan-Kang

Julian Alston presents "Agricultural Production, Productivity and R&D over the Past Half Century: An Emerging New World Order", co-authored with Philip Pardey and Connie Chan-Kang.

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Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA)

Aug 12, 2012 - Aug 14, 2012
Convened by: American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA)
Location: Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
Participants:
Xudong Rao, Terry Hurley, Philip Pardey, Julian Alston

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Xudong Rao presents the poster "Re-examining the Reported Rates of Return to Agricultural R&D", co-authored by Terrace Hurley and Philip Pardey.

Terry Hurley co-authored the paper "Quantifying Farmer Adoption Intensity for Weed Resistance Management Practices and Its Determinants", presented in the session The Economics of Agricultural Technology Adoption.

Terry Hurley organizes and is a discussant in the session Herbicide Resistant Weeds and Sustainable Weed Management.

Philip Pardey and Kym Anderson organize concurrent sessions: Global Food Security I: Food Supply and Price Trends in the Long Run and Global Food Security II: Food Price Fluctuations and Their Food Security Implications.

Philip Pardey presents "Agricultural R&D Investments, Farm Productivity Slowdowns, and Their Long Run Food Supply Implications", co-authored with Julian Alston.

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