Agroecological aspects of evaluating agricultural research and development

Philip Pardey and Stanley Wood

No 23, EPTD discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: In this paper we describe how biophysical data can be used, in conjunction with agroecological concepts and multimarket economic models, to systematically evaluate the effects of agricultural R&D in ways that inform research priority setting and resource allocation decisions. Agroecological zones can be devised to help estimate the varying, site-specific responses to new agricultural technologies and to evaluate the potential for research to spill over from one agroecological zone to another. The application of agroecological zonation procedures in an international agricultural research context is given special attention.

Keywords: Agricultural research.; Technological innovations.; Agricultural economics and policies. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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