Public agricultural R&D over the past half century: An emerging new world order

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL1, 2013, Pages 103-113

  Pardey, Philip G ^a   Alston, Julian M ^b   Chan Kang, Connie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Brazil; China; Innovation; Long term trends; Public research spending; Technical change; United States

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FARM; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PRODUCTION; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POVERTY; RESEARCH WORK; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888204286     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12055     Document Type: Article

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