Research prizes: A new kind of incentive for innovation in African agriculture

International Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 195-211

  Masters, William A ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Intellectual property rights; Research funding; Research incentives

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MARKETING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRONOMICS; FARMERS; MARKET FAILURES; SOCIAL BENEFITS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; INCENTIVE; INNOVATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARKET; PATENT; POLICY; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; INCENTIVES; MARKETING; RESEARCH;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17244371054     PISSN: 09636048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2005.006454     Document Type: Review

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