Returns to food and agricultural R&D; Investments worldwide, 1958-2015
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR and developing country institute | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | University of Minnesota | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Wageningen University & Research | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Center for Tropical Agriculture | en |
| cg.creator.identifier | Robert Andrade: 0000-0002-5764-3854 | en |
| cg.place | St. Paul MN (USA) | en |
| cg.subject.sdg | SDG 1 - No poverty | en |
| cg.subject.sdg | SDG 2 - Zero hunger | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Hurley, Terrance | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Pardey, Philip G. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Rao, Xudong | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Andrade, Robert Santiago | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-18T09:58:39Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2022-05-18T09:58:39Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119583 | |
| dc.title | Returns to food and agricultural R&D; Investments worldwide, 1958-2015 | en |
| dcterms.abstract | Zvi Griliches published the first formal economic estimate of the rates of return to food and agricultural R&D in the Journal of Political Economy more than half a century ago. Since then many economists have published a large number of similar estimates. The consensus that has emerged from this vast body of work is that these rates of return have been exceptionally high regardless of the type of research (e.g., basic or applied), research focus (e.g., maize, wheat, rice, horticultural crops, livestock, or natural resources), or who performed the research. Yet, even with such overwhelming evidence of high rates of return, growth in public R&D spending has slowed worldwide and especially in rich countries (Pardey et al. 2016). Although agricultural commodity prices have fallen from their 2010-12 peaks, there remains widespread concern about the ability of global food supplies to meet projected demand growth. Nonetheless, current trends in public R&D spending portend slower agricultural productivity growth that is particularly disconcerting. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Hurley, T.; Pardey, P.; Rao, X.; Andrade, R. 2016. Returns to food and agricultural R&D; Investments worldwide, 1958-2015. InSTePP Brief. St. Paul, MN. (USA): International Science & Technology Practice & Policy Center. 11 p. | en |
| dcterms.extent | 11 p. | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2016-08 | en |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | Other | |
| dcterms.publisher | International Science & Technology Practice & Policy Center | en |
| dcterms.subject | food policies | en |
| dcterms.subject | agriculture | en |
| dcterms.subject | evaluation | en |
| dcterms.subject | returns | en |
| dcterms.subject | research | en |
| dcterms.type | Working Paper |