Agricultural research policy in an era of privatization /

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Association of Agricultural Economists. Conference
Otros Autores: Byerlee, Derek, Echeverría, Ruben G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CABI Pub., ©2002.
Temas:
Agriculture > Research.
Agriculture > Recherche.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
Agricultural research.
Cooperation.
Private sector.
Privatization.
Public sector.
Research policy.
Research support.
Agriculture > Research
Pesquisa agrícola.
Privatização.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Vernon W. Ruttan
  • Agricultural Research Policy in an Era of Privatization: Introduction and Overview / Derek Byerlee and Ruben G. Echeverria
  • pt. I. Setting the Scene
  • 1. Evolution of Public Research Systems in Developing Countries: Facing New Challenges / Derek Byerlee, Gary Alex and Ruben G. Echeverria
  • 2. Growing Role of the Private Sector in Agricultural Research / Carl Pray
  • pt. II. Private Funding of Research through Producer Organizations
  • 3. Joint Funding of Agricultural Research by Producers and Government in Australia / John P. Brennan and John D. Mullen
  • 4. Farmer and Industry Funding of Agricultural Research in Colombia / Ruben D. Estrada, Federico Holmann and Rafael Posada
  • 5. Financing Agricultural Research by Producers' Organizations in Africa / Jaakko Kangasniemi
  • 6. Partnership of Producer and Government Financing to Reform Agricultural Research in Uruguay / Mario Allegri
  • pt. III. Public-Private Partnerships in Conducting Research
  • 7. Public-Private Cooperation in Agricultural Research: Examples from The Netherlands / Kees van der Meer
  • 8. Public-Private Interactions and Technology Policy in Innovation Processes for Zero Tillage in Argentina / Javier Ekboir and Gabriel Parellada
  • 9. Public-Private Sector Interaction in the Indian Agricultural Research System: an Innovation Systems Perspective on Institutional Reform / Andrew Hall, Rasheed Sulaiman and Norman Clark / [and others]
  • pt. IV. Public Sector Response to Growing Privatization
  • 10. Privatization of Plant Breeding in Industrialized Countries: Causes, Consequences and the Public Sector Response / Paul W. Heisey, C.S. Srinivasan and Colin Thirtle
  • 11. Plant Breeding Research in Developing Countries: What Roles for the Public and Private Sectors? / Michael Morris and Benchaphun Ekasingh.

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