Technology and Innovation

Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan
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Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan: University of Limerick

Chapter 5 in The Economics of European Agriculture, 2003, pp 131-165 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter is devoted to the analysis of technological change in agriculture. The central role of technological change and of innovation in agricultural production can be demonstrated with basic statistical facts. Between the years 1950 and 1998, the world population more than doubled, and yet global per capita grain production increased by 15 per cent; during the same time, world per capita harvested acreage declined by 50 per cent (Zilberman, 1997). Because of the crucial role played by technological change in Europe in the last 50 years, this chapter starts with a discussion on the relationship existing between technology and growth.

Keywords: Technological Change; Agricultural Sector; Technical Change; Industrial Revolution; Extension Service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230001176_6

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