Research, Productivity, and Output Growth in U.S. Agriculture

Keith Fuglie, Matthew Clancy, Paul Heisey and James MacDonald

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2017, vol. 49, issue 4

Abstract: This article reviews the current debate on whether U.S. agricultural productivity growth is slowing. It also assesses recent research on how productivity is related to long-term investment in research and development (R&D). It describes significant changes taking place in the U.S. agricultural research system, including the growing role of private agribusiness as a main developer of new agricultural technologies and what this implies for agricultural science policy. The conclusion has suggestions for future research on these issues.

Keywords: Research; and; Development/Tech; Change/Emerging; Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.352123

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