R&D investment in national and international agricultural research: An ex-ante analysis of productivity and poverty impact

This paper estimates required investment and its allocation among different regions to maximize agricultural output gains and poverty reduction. The analysis uses a social welfare function to simulate the optimal allocation of research and development (R&D) investment across developing regions (1) t...

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Autores principales: Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Fan, Shenggen
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154841
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description This paper estimates required investment and its allocation among different regions to maximize agricultural output gains and poverty reduction. The analysis uses a social welfare function to simulate the optimal allocation of research and development (R&D) investment across developing regions (1) to maximize agricultural growth or (2) to maximize poverty reduction at the global level. Due to uncertainties of the parameters used, we conducted sensitivity analyses to evaluate the effect of different values of R&D and poverty elasticities on the optimal allocation of R&D investment across regions. Our simulation results are robust for a wide range of parameters and show that to maximize agricultural output growth in developing countries, R&D investment should be allocated mainly to Southeast Asia and South Asia, whereas to maximize poverty reduction, priority should be given to Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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spelling CGSpace1548412025-11-06T07:12:22Z R&D investment in national and international agricultural research: An ex-ante analysis of productivity and poverty impact Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Fan, Shenggen agriculture growth optimization methods poverty agricultural research This paper estimates required investment and its allocation among different regions to maximize agricultural output gains and poverty reduction. The analysis uses a social welfare function to simulate the optimal allocation of research and development (R&D) investment across developing regions (1) to maximize agricultural growth or (2) to maximize poverty reduction at the global level. Due to uncertainties of the parameters used, we conducted sensitivity analyses to evaluate the effect of different values of R&D and poverty elasticities on the optimal allocation of R&D investment across regions. Our simulation results are robust for a wide range of parameters and show that to maximize agricultural output growth in developing countries, R&D investment should be allocated mainly to Southeast Asia and South Asia, whereas to maximize poverty reduction, priority should be given to Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. 2010 2024-10-01T14:04:16Z 2024-10-01T14:04:16Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154841 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Fan, Shenggen. 2010. R&D investment in national and international agricultural research: An ex-ante analysis of productivity and poverty impact. IFPRI Discussion Paper 986. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154841
spellingShingle agriculture
growth
optimization methods
poverty
agricultural research
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro
Fan, Shenggen
R&D investment in national and international agricultural research: An ex-ante analysis of productivity and poverty impact
title R&D investment in national and international agricultural research: An ex-ante analysis of productivity and poverty impact
title_full R&D investment in national and international agricultural research: An ex-ante analysis of productivity and poverty impact
title_fullStr R&D investment in national and international agricultural research: An ex-ante analysis of productivity and poverty impact
title_full_unstemmed R&D investment in national and international agricultural research: An ex-ante analysis of productivity and poverty impact
title_short R&D investment in national and international agricultural research: An ex-ante analysis of productivity and poverty impact
title_sort r d investment in national and international agricultural research an ex ante analysis of productivity and poverty impact
topic agriculture
growth
optimization methods
poverty
agricultural research
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