TECHNICAL CHANGE AND AGRICULTURAL TRADE: THREE EXAMPLES (SUGARCANE, BANANAS, AND RICE)

Robert E. Evenson, James P. Houck and Vernon Ruttan

No 13879, Staff Papers from University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine three cases which provide some insight into the character of international transmission of technical change and its economic impacts and implications. These cases focus on three separate commodities, sugarcane, bananas, and rice. Each case presents different facets of the international movement of technological innovation.

Keywords: International Relations/Trade; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 99
Date: 1968
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Chapter: Technical Change and Agricultural Trade: Three Examples—Sugarcane, Bananas, and Rice (1970)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.13879

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