The achievements in agricultural innovation over the past century have been impressive, supporting large increases in …. For new technologies, the case of agriculture demonstrates that government has an important role in antitrust, the …

U.S. agriculture was transformed during the 20th century by waves of innovation with mechanical, biological, chemical …, and information technologies. Compared with a few decades ago, today’s agriculture is much less labor intensive and farms … innovation will be required to preserve past productivity gains in the face of climate change, coevolving pests and diseases, and …

This chapter investigates the extent to which agricultural innovations draw on ideas originating outside of agriculture … knowledge flows originate outside of agriculture. The majority of these knowledge inflows, however, still originate in domains … that are close to agriculture …

sustained propaganda campaign conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture …

evidence on the forces that drive research and innovation in agriculture. This book aims to provides such evidence through … tightening constraints on water, arable land, and other natural resources, agricultural innovation is quickly becoming the most … universities, which, historically, have been a major source of agricultural innovation, increasingly dependent on funding from …