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Publishing Details

Publication Type: 
Report
Authored by:
Pardey, Philip G.; James, Jennifer; Alston, Julian; Wood, Stanley; Koo, Bonwoo; Binenbaum, Eran; Hurley, Terrance M.; Glewwe, Paul; Mayer, Jorge; Jones, Richard; De Groote, Hugo; Kanampiu, Fred; McDermott, John; Jost, Christine; Mariner, Jeffrey
Publisher: 
University of Minnesota, International Science and Technology Practice and Policy Center (InSTePP)
Publication Date: 
October, 2007
Pages: 
95
Publication Place: 
St. Paul, MN

Abstract

Chapter/Section Titles: Introduction: Global agricultural productivity, Crop yield variability; The changing context for agricultural R&D: Economic realities of agricultural R&D, Changing incentives to innovate, Collective action in R&D, Financing agricultural research; State of sciences for agriculture; Technological distance, spillovers, and knowledge stocks; Risk and regulation of science and technology: Agricultural and technological risk, Regulating technologies; The role of skills and education in agriculture; Implications; References.

Notes

Commissioned by the CGIAR Science Council and prepared as a Background Paper for the 2008 World Development Report of the World Bank.

Additional Attributes

Primary Contact: Philip Pardey
Keywords: Agricultural Productivity, Agricultural Research, Collective Action, Crop Yields, Education, Impact Assessment, Investment, Rate of Return, Research, Research Investment, Risk, Technology