This Summary Report analyzes the current state of the land-grant agricultural research system and the attitudes, background, productivity and research performance of its current scientists. Specifically, the report summarizes the survey responses of agricultural and life science faculty...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: R&D Spending and Agricultural Innovation - Organization and Emerging Trends -- Chapter 2: The Shifting Structure of Agricultural R&D: Worldwide Investment Patterns and Payoffs -- Chapter 3: Private Sector Research and Development -- Chapter 4: Structural Change...

The new challenges facing Eastern European rural and agricultural sector impose, among other things, a review of the links between knowledge production and its use to promote innovation. Given that, agriculture is the main source of livelihood for a large part of the rural population in Romania...