Public-private collaboration in agricultural research : new institutional arrangements and economic implications / edited by Keith O. Fuglie and David E. Schimmelpfennig.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fuglie, Keith Owen.

Schimmelpfennig, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Research--United States.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Research.

Agriculture--Research--Economic aspects.

United States.

Agriculture--Research--Economic aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

xv, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ames, IA : Iowa State University Press, 1999.

Summary:

Historically the United States has looked to the publicly funded agricultural research institutions at the Department of Agriculture and land-grant universities as the primary sources of new agricultural science and technology.

However, during the past several decades wide-reaching changes have taken place in the structure of the U.S. agricultural research system. One significant development is the growing capacity of the private sector for conducting agricultural research. In fact, private companies now spend more on agricultural research than public research institutions. The private sector is also the most rapidly growing source of funds for public research.

In addition, new technology transfer mechanisms have been established to increase the flow of science and technology among public and private research laboratories, including cooperative research agreements, research consortia, and greater use of intellectual property rights and patent licensing.

The agricultural research system has not escaped the forces of globalization, as sources and flows of agricultural science and technology become increasingly international in scope. These changes have important implications for how research in the U.S. is financed, who conducts it, the type of technology that is developed, and who is likely to benefit from it.

Contents:

I. Innovations in Financing Agricultural Research

2 Trends in Agricultural Research Expenditures in the United States / Keith O. Fuglie 9

3 Financing Agricultural R&D in Rich Countries: What's Happening and Why / Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, Vincent H. Smith 25

4 Financing Agricultural Research with Prior Distortionary Taxes and Subsidies / George B. Frisvold, Stephen J. Vogel 55

II. Public and Private Investments in Plant and Animal Research

5 A National Strategy for Plant Breeding in the United States / Kenneth J. Frey 77

6 The Role of Federal, State, and Private Institutions in Seed Technology Generation / Jose Falck-Zepeda, Greg Traxler 99

7 Public and Private Investments in Animal Research / Keith O. Fuglie, Clare A. Narrod, Catherine Neumeyer 117

III. Institutions for Public-Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research

8 The CRADA Model for Public-Private Research and Technology Transfer in Agriculture / Kelly Day-Rubenstein, Keith O. Fuglie 155

9 The Research Consortium Model for Agricultural Research / Mary K. Knudson 175

10 State Agricultural Experiment Stations and Intellectual Property Rights / Mary K. Knudson, Richard L. Lower, Richard Jones 199

IV. International Spillovers in Agricultural Research

11 Agricultural Technology Spillovers / Robert E. Evenson 219

12 Significance of International Spillovers from Public Agricultural Research / David E. Schimmelpfennig, Colin G. Thirtle 245

13 The Private Sector and International Technology Transfer in Agriculture / Carl E. Pray, Keith O. Fuglie 269

14 Assessing U.S. Benefits of Training Foreign Agricultural Scientists / Nicole Ballenger, Cassandra Klotz-Ingram 301

15. Public-Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research: The Future / John M. Reilly, David E. Schimmelpfennig 325.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813827892

OCLC:

42391569