Pardey, Philip G.

Agricultural R & D in the developing world : too little, too late? by Philip G Pardey( Book )

8 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 40 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Book combines new evidence with economic theory and an economic way of thinking about science policy--highlighting the developing-country aspects--as well as a set of in-depth, comparative country studies

Assessing and attributing the benefits from varietal improvement research in Brazil by Philip G Pardey( Book )

5 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 40 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This report provides a detailed economic assessment of the magnitude and sources of the economic benefits to Brazil since the early 1980s from varietal improvements in upland rice, edible beans, and soybeans. The authors pay particular attention to isolating the benefits from genetic improvement, which they distinguish from other factors that change grain yield or quality. They use detailed information on the genetic and breeding histories of each crop and the institutional arrangements for crop-improvement research in Brazil to estimate the benefits attributable to the research done by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and by other Brazilian agencies. They capture international spill-in effects as well. The authors also provide more general insight into the importance of addressing attribution questions in evaluating public research investments, develop some methods for doing so, and illustrate how to apply them

National agricultural research from a regional and agroecological perspective by Philip G Pardey( Book )

5 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

CGIAR investment patterns; Agricultural growth and productivity perspectives; NARS capacity

Slow magic : agricultural R & D a century after Mendel by Philip G Pardey( Book )

2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 25 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of public agricultural R & D; The growing private sector; Research intensities; Global gaps in stocks of scientific knowledge; Agricultural biotechnologies; The rights to research

Agricultural research : a growing global divide? by International Food Policy Research Institute( Book )

5 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 21 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Total science spending; Public agricultural R&D; Agroecologies and research spillovers; CGIAR trends; Development aid and agricultural R&D

Hidden harvest : U.S. benefits from international research aid by Philip G Pardey( Book )

4 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Structural adjustment in OECD agriculture : government policies and technical change by Julian M Alston( Book )

3 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

International agricultural productivity patterns by Barbara J Craig( Book )

2 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Educating agricultural researchers : a review of the role of African universities by Nienke M Beintema( Book )

3 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Persistence pays : U.S. agricultural productivity growth and the benefits from public R & D spending by Julian M Alston( Book )

5 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book documents the evolving path of U.S. agriculture in the 20th Century and the role of public R & D in that evolution. The work begins with a detailed quantitative assessment of the shifting patterns of production among the states and over time and of the public institutions and investments in agricultural R & D. Then, based on newly constructed sets of panel data, some of which span the entire 20th Century and more, the authors present new econometric evidence linking state-specific agricultural productivity measures to federal and state government investments in agricultural research and extension. The results show that the time lags between R & D spending and its effects on productivity are longer than commonly found or assumed in the prior published work. Also, the spillover effects of R & D among states are important, such that the national net benefits from a state{u2019}s agricultural research investments are much greater than own-state net benefits. The main findings are consistent across a wide range of reasonable model specifications. In sum, the benefits from past public investments in agricultural research have been worth many times more than the costs, a significant share of the benefits accrue as spillovers, and the research lags are very long. An accelerated investment in public agricultural R & D is warranted by the high returns to the nation, and may be necessary to revitalize U.S. agricultural productivity growth even though the benefits may not be visible for many years. Julian M. Alston is Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Director of the Robert Mondavi Institute Center for Wine Economics at the University of California, Davis and Associate Director for Science and Technology at the University of California Agricultural Issues Center Matthew A. Andersen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wyoming Jennifer S. James is Associate Professor in the Department of Agribusiness at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Philip G. Pardey is Professor in the Department of Applied Economics and Director of the International Science and Technology Practice and Policy (InSTePP) Center at the University of Minnesota