Slow magic: agricultural R&D a century after Mendel

Philip Pardey and Nienke Beintema

No 36, Food policy statements from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This report assembles and assesses new evidence regarding investments in agricultural R&D, tracking global trends over the past several decades, and highlighting the critical importance that the accumulated stock of scientific knowledge has for today's productivity and for future innovations and economic growth.

Keywords: agricultural research; economic aspects; agricultural development; agriculture; research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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Working Paper: SLOW MAGIC: AGRICULTURAL R&D A CENTURY AFTER MENDEL (2002)
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