Antipodean agricultural and resource economics at 60: agricultural innovation

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 554-568

  Alston, Julian M ^a,b   Pardey, Philip G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural transition; productivity; R D; technology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84991111251     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.12162     Document Type: Article

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