Financing agricultural research and development in rich countries: what's happening and why

Governments around the globe are trimming their support for agricultural R&D, giving greater scrutiny to the support that they do provide, and reforming the public agencies that fund, oversee, and carry out the research. These contemporary developments represent a break from previous patterns, which...

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Autores principales: Alston, Julian M., Pardey, Philip G., Smith, Vincent H.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161156
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description Governments around the globe are trimming their support for agricultural R&D, giving greater scrutiny to the support that they do provide, and reforming the public agencies that fund, oversee, and carry out the research. These contemporary developments represent a break from previous patterns, which, since WWII, had seen a significant and steady expansion in the public funds provided for agricultural R&D. The growth rate of private-sector spending on agricultural research has slowed along with the growth of public spending in recent years, but the balance continues to shift toward the private sector. This paper presents a quantitative review of these funding trends and the considerable institutional changes that have accompanied them. We present and discuss new data for 22 OECD countries, provide additional data and institutional details for five of these countries, namely Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States, and conclude the paper with an assessment of these policy developments.
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spelling CGSpace1611562025-11-06T05:09:25Z Financing agricultural research and development in rich countries: what's happening and why Alston, Julian M. Pardey, Philip G. Smith, Vincent H. agricultural research government spending policies OECD countries assessment Governments around the globe are trimming their support for agricultural R&D, giving greater scrutiny to the support that they do provide, and reforming the public agencies that fund, oversee, and carry out the research. These contemporary developments represent a break from previous patterns, which, since WWII, had seen a significant and steady expansion in the public funds provided for agricultural R&D. The growth rate of private-sector spending on agricultural research has slowed along with the growth of public spending in recent years, but the balance continues to shift toward the private sector. This paper presents a quantitative review of these funding trends and the considerable institutional changes that have accompanied them. We present and discuss new data for 22 OECD countries, provide additional data and institutional details for five of these countries, namely Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States, and conclude the paper with an assessment of these policy developments. 1997 2024-11-21T09:53:50Z 2024-11-21T09:53:50Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161156 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Alston, Julian M.; Pardey, Philip G.; Smith, Vincent H. 1997. Financing agricultural research and development in rich countries;what's happening and why. EPTD Discussion Paper 29. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161156
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Pardey, Philip G.
Smith, Vincent H.
Financing agricultural research and development in rich countries: what's happening and why
title Financing agricultural research and development in rich countries: what's happening and why
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title_fullStr Financing agricultural research and development in rich countries: what's happening and why
title_full_unstemmed Financing agricultural research and development in rich countries: what's happening and why
title_short Financing agricultural research and development in rich countries: what's happening and why
title_sort financing agricultural research and development in rich countries what s happening and why
topic agricultural research
government spending policies
OECD countries
assessment
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