Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M.; Chan-Kang, Connie - Department of Applied Economics, College of … - 2013
agricultural sectors. R&D has fueled productivity growth, enabling U.S. farmers to do more with less. It has helped U.S. farmers to … agricultural R&D has waned at a time when U.S. farm productivity growth is slowing. In what follows we describe the evolving … patterns of support for public agricultural and food R&D, the shifting emphasis of spending within the broad portfolio, and …