The Consultative Groups on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) funds a decentralized system of International Agricultural Research Centers. To monitor the Centers, the CGIAR has instituted a system of program and management reviews. But there is some controversy concerning the proper...

Books Reviewed include: Sustainable Development in Asia, America and Europe with Global Applications: A New Approach to Land Ownership by Jian-Ming Zhou; Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas by Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, and Michael J. Taylor; Planning Agricultural...

This paper briefly presents the results of a total factor productivity (TFP) study of South African commercial agriculture, for 1947-1997, and illustrates some potential pitfalls in rate of return to research (ROR) calculations. The lag between R&D and TFP is analyzed and found to be only 9...