Publicly funded agricultural research and the changing structure of U.S. agriculture / Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Agriculture.

Agricultural education--Economic aspects--United States.

Agricultural education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested that the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National Research Council (NRC) convene a panel of experts to examine whether publicly funded agricultural research has influenced the structure of U.S. agriculture and, if so, how. The Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture was asked to assess the role of public-sector agricultural research on changes in the size and numbers of farms, with particular emphasis on the evolution of very-large-scale operations.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Structural Impacts of Research""; ""3 Structural Implications of Technology Transfer and Adoption""; ""4 Structural Impacts of Public Investment in Agricultural Research""; ""5 Drivers of Structural Change, Changes in Knowledge and Information, Implications for Policy""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture""

""Appendix B Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture""""Appendix C""; ""Appendix D Economic Research Service Farm Typology""; ""About the Authors""; ""Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309170345

0309170346

9780309509923

0309509920

OCLC:

817960347