Returns to food and agricultural R&D; Investments worldwide, 1958-2015

Zvi Griliches published the first formal economic estimate of the rates of return to food and agricultural R&D in the Journal of Political Economy more than half a century ago. Since then many economists have published a large number of similar estimates. The consensus that has emerged from this vas...

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Autores principales: Hurley, Terrance, Pardey, Philip G., Rao, Xudong, Andrade, Robert Santiago
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Publicado: International Science & Technology Practice & Policy Center 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119583
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author Hurley, Terrance
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Rao, Xudong
Andrade, Robert Santiago
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description Zvi Griliches published the first formal economic estimate of the rates of return to food and agricultural R&D in the Journal of Political Economy more than half a century ago. Since then many economists have published a large number of similar estimates. The consensus that has emerged from this vast body of work is that these rates of return have been exceptionally high regardless of the type of research (e.g., basic or applied), research focus (e.g., maize, wheat, rice, horticultural crops, livestock, or natural resources), or who performed the research. Yet, even with such overwhelming evidence of high rates of return, growth in public R&D spending has slowed worldwide and especially in rich countries (Pardey et al. 2016). Although agricultural commodity prices have fallen from their 2010-12 peaks, there remains widespread concern about the ability of global food supplies to meet projected demand growth. Nonetheless, current trends in public R&D spending portend slower agricultural productivity growth that is particularly disconcerting.
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spelling CGSpace1195832025-11-05T18:23:02Z Returns to food and agricultural R&D; Investments worldwide, 1958-2015 Hurley, Terrance Pardey, Philip G. Rao, Xudong Andrade, Robert Santiago food policies agriculture evaluation returns research Zvi Griliches published the first formal economic estimate of the rates of return to food and agricultural R&D in the Journal of Political Economy more than half a century ago. Since then many economists have published a large number of similar estimates. The consensus that has emerged from this vast body of work is that these rates of return have been exceptionally high regardless of the type of research (e.g., basic or applied), research focus (e.g., maize, wheat, rice, horticultural crops, livestock, or natural resources), or who performed the research. Yet, even with such overwhelming evidence of high rates of return, growth in public R&D spending has slowed worldwide and especially in rich countries (Pardey et al. 2016). Although agricultural commodity prices have fallen from their 2010-12 peaks, there remains widespread concern about the ability of global food supplies to meet projected demand growth. Nonetheless, current trends in public R&D spending portend slower agricultural productivity growth that is particularly disconcerting. 2016-08 2022-05-18T09:58:39Z 2022-05-18T09:58:39Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119583 en Open Access application/pdf International Science & Technology Practice & Policy Center Hurley, T.; Pardey, P.; Rao, X.; Andrade, R. 2016. Returns to food and agricultural R&D; Investments worldwide, 1958-2015. InSTePP Brief. St. Paul, MN. (USA): International Science & Technology Practice & Policy Center. 11 p.
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