Setting the agenda for science and technology the public sector: The case of international agricultural research

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 277-290

  Dalrymple, Dana G ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC SECTOR; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33646184708     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154306781778948     Document Type: Review

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