Agricultural research policy / Vernon W. Ruttan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruttan, Vernon W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Research.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Research--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1982.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Agricultural Research Policy was first published in 1982. The ability to develop and manage an agricultural technology appropriate to a nation's physical and cultural endowments is the single most important variable in achieving an increase in productivity. In this book on issues of agricultural research policy, Vernon W. Ruttan, a former economist with wide experience in agricultural development, addresses the problem of how to maximize gains by rethinking the organization and goals of global, national, and local systems of agricultural research. Ruttan asserts that an effective research inst

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Technical Change and Agricultural Development; Chapter 3 The Agricultural Research Institution; Chapter 4 National Agricultural Research Systems; Chapter 5 The International Agricultural Research System; Chapter 6 Reviewing Agricultural Research Programs; Chapter 7 Location and Scale in Agricultural Research; Chapter 8 The Private Sector in Agricultural Research; Chapter 9 Institutional and Project Funding of Research; Chapter 10 The Economic Benefits from Agricultural Research; Chapter 11 Research Resource Allocation

Chapter 12 The Social Sciences in Agricultural ResearchChapter 13 Responsibility and Agricultural Research; Indexes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-8166-6435-8

OCLC:

476162205