Agricultural research policy in an era of privatization /

• Corporate Author: International Conference of Agricultural Economists
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Research.; Research.; Agricultural Economics.; Policy and Planning.; Investment, Finance and Credit.; Agricultural research.; Cooperation.; Private sector.; Privatization.; Public sector.; Research policy.; Research support.; Electronic books.
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This book synthesizes contemporary experiences with changing public and private sector roles in funding and executing agricultural research, with emphasis on developing countries. The book consists of 15 chapters organized into four distinct parts. Part I provides a brief overview of the current sta...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Vernon W. Ruttan
• Agricultural research policy in an era of privatization : introduction and overview / Derek Byerlee and Ruben G. Echeverría
• The evolution of public research systems in developing countries : facing new challenges / Derek Byerlee, Gary Alex and Ruben G. Echeverría
• The growing role of the private sector in agricultural research / Carl Pray
• Joint funding of agricultural research by producers and government in Australia / John P. Brennan and John D. Mullen
• Farmer and industry funding of agricultural research in Colombia / Ruben D. Estrada, Federico Holmann and Rafael Posada
• Financing agricultural research by producers' organizations in Africa / Jaakko Kangasniemi
• Partnership of producer and government financing to reform agricultural research in Uruguay / Mario Allegri
• Public-private cooperation in agricultural research : examples from The Netherlands / Kees van der Meer
• Public-private interactions and technology policy in innovation processes for zero tillage in Argentina / Javier Ekboir and Gabriel Parellada
• Public-private sector interaction in the Indian agricultural research system : an innovation systems perspective on institutional reform / Andrew Hall, Rasheed Sulaiman, Norman Clark, M.V.K. Sivamohan and B. Yoganand
• Privatization of plant breeding in industrialized countries : causes, consequences and the public sector response / Paul W. Heisey, C.S. Srinivasan and Colin Thirtle
• Plant breeding research in developing countries : what roles for the public and private sectors? / Michael Morris and Benchaphun Ekasingh
• Managing intellectual property and income generation in public research organizations / Ken Fischer and Derek Byerlee
• Reforming China's agricultural research system / Jikun Huang, Ruifa Hu, Carl Pray, and Scott Rozelle
• Financing agricultural research by competitive funds / Ruben G. Echeverría and Howard Elliott.