HarvestChoice keeps catalogs of both raster and vector maps of sub-Saharan Africa (downloadable in either ASCII or ESRI Shapefile formats) along with their associated datasets. We also provide access to over 400 articles, survey and census reports on agriculture-related topics in support of investment targeting and prioritization decisions.

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What Can be Done to Reinvigorate U.S. Agricultural Research?

Authored by:
Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M.; Chan-Kang, Connie
Publisher:
University of Minnesota, International Science and Technology Practice and Policy Center (InSTePP), June 2013, Brief, 5 pages.
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We describe the evolving patterns of support for public agricultural and food
R&D, the shifting emphasis of spending within the broad portfolio, and some potential policy approaches to revitalize U.S. agricultural research.

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Right-Sizing Stem-Rust Research

Authored by:
Pardey, P.G.; Beddow, J.M.; Kriticos, D.J.; Hurley, T.M.; Park, R.F.; Duveiller, E.; Sutherst, R.W.; Burdon, J.J.; Hodson, D.
Publisher:
Science, April, 2013, Volume 340, Issue 6129, 147-148.
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We estimate global wheat losses over the past 50 years absent investments in research to limit impacts of stem rust and discuss how this can inform decisions about “right-sizing” research investments.

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Measuring the Global Occurrence and Probabilistic Consequences of Wheat Stem Rust

Authored by:
Beddow, Jason M.; Hurley, Terry M.; Kriticos, Darren J.; Pardey, Philip G.
Publisher:
HarvestChoice, April 10, 2013, HarvestChoice Technical Note, 24 pages.
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This technical note describes the methods and data sources used to generate the results
reported in Pardey et al. (2013).

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Public Food and Agricultural Research in the United States: The Rise and Decline of Public Investments, and Policies for Renewal

Authored by:
Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M.; Chan-Kang, Connie
Publisher:
AGree, April 2013, 46 pages.
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The report shows how public funding for agricultural research and development (R&D) has declined markedly in recent decades.

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A Long-Run View of South African Agricultural Production and Productivity

Authored by:
Liebenberg, Frikke; Pardey, Philip G.
Publisher:
African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, October 2012, Volume 7, Issue 1, 14-38.
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Here we present and discuss newly constructed long-run data on agricultural input and output aggregates for South Africa spanning most of the 20th century. Updated multi-factor productivity (MFP) measures for South Africa for the last half of the 20th century are also presented.

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Quantifying Farmer Adoption Intensity for Weed Resistance Management Practices and Its Determinants

Authored by:
Dong, Fengxia; Mitchell, Paul D.; Hurley, Terrance; Frisvold, George
Publisher:
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2012 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, August 12-14, 2012, August 2012, 33 pages.
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Given the importance of adopting weed resistance management BMPs, it is important to develop methods to compare BMP adoption among farms and to identify factors that affect BMP adoption.

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Global and US Trends in Agricultural R&D in a Global Food Security Setting

Authored by:
Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M.
Publisher:
Improving Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems: OECD Conference Proceedings, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), February, 2012, 19-40.
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In recent decades, we have witnessed in most countries a slowdown in the rate of growth in spending on agricultural Research and Development (R&D) — especially R&D oriented to enhancing farm productivity.

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A Sustainability Challenge: Food Security for All: Report of Two Workshops

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National Research Council, Committee on Food Security for All as a Sustainability Challenge
Publisher:
National Academies Press, 2012, 261 pages.
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The National Research Council's Science and Technology for Sustainability Program hosted two workshops in 2011 addressing the sustainability challenges associated with food security for all.

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South African Agricultural Productivity and Investment Patterns

Authored by:
Liebenberg, Frikke
Edited by: 
Fuglie, Keith O.; Ball, V. Eldon; Wang, Sun Ling
Publisher:
Productivity Growth in Agriculture: An International Perspective, CABI, 2012, 293-312.
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Agricultural Production, Productivity and R&D over the Past Half Century: An Emerging New World Order

Authored by:
Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M.; Chan-Kang, Connie
Publisher:
International Association of Agricultural Economists, 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 2012, 48 pages.
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Recent trends in farm productivity and food prices raise concerns about whether the era of global agricultural abundance is over.

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