Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture

Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture

  • Editor: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309076166
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309509923
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309170345
  • Lloc de publicació:  United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 2002
  • Mes: Març
  • Pàgines: 158
  • Idioma: Anglés

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested that the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National Research Council (NRC) convene a panel of experts to examine whether publicly funded agricultural research has influenced the structure of U.S. agriculture and, if so, how. The Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture was asked to assess the role of public-sector agricultural research on changes in the size and numbers of farms, with particular emphasis on the evolution of very-large-scale operations.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Structural Impacts of Research
  • 3 Structural Implications of Technology Transfer and Adoption
  • 4 Structural Impacts of Public Investment in Agricultural Research
  • 5 Drivers of Structural Change, Changes in Knowledge and Information, Implications for Policy
  • References
  • Appendix A Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture
  • Appendix B Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture
  • Appendix C
  • Appendix D Economic Research Service Farm Typology
  • About the Authors
  • Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications