Public Investments in Agricultural and Food Research

Johan Swinnen

Chapter Chapter 11 in The Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies, 2018, pp 189-197 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Public investment in agricultural research is an important source of productivity growth. However, there is underinvestment in research in both poor and rich countries. This chapter uses political economy analysis to explain why there is underinvestment in both rich and poor countries if these investments have such high social rates of returns.

Keywords: Public Research Investment; Food Research; High Social Rate; Underinvestment; Private Optimum Level (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-50102-8_11

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