This 474-page book provides much greater detail and documentation supporting the book "Science for Agriculture." It is available through 10 university research libraries and the National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD. Second printing 2000.

Preface by T. W. Schultz. Under contract with Iowa State Press for a revision, 2004. A 9-chapter book (about 200 pages) that documents the evolution, development, and economic impacts of public agricultural research, especially the state agricultural experiment stations over the past 150 years....

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This article examines the impact of public agricultural research and extension on agricultural total factor productivity at the state level. The objective is to establish whether federal formula or competitive grant funding of agricultural research has a greater impact on state agricultural...

This article examines the impact of public agricultural research and extension on agricultural total factor productivity at the state level. The objective is to establish whether federal formula or competitive grant funding of agricultural research has a greater impact on state agricultural...

Huffman, W.E. and Abebayehu Tegene. "Public Acceptance of and Benefits from Agricultural Biotechnology: A Key Role for Verifiable Information," in V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson and D. Zilberman, eds. Market Development for Genetically Modified Foods, CAB International, 2002, pp. 179-189.

This chapter presents a review and synthesis of effects of education in agriculture, summarizes major contributions, and suggests major research gaps in the literature. Although growth in knowledge enables skill acquisition and specialization of labor, which generally raises labor productivity,...

Martin, Philip, Wallace Huffman, Robert Emerson, J. Edward Taylor and R. Rochin, Editors. Immigration Reform and U.S. Agriculture. ANR Publications, University of California, Oakland, CA, 1995. The book provides an extensive examination of the impacts of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act.

Genetically modified (GM) foods have been engulfed in considerable controversy, and the early optimism has been dampened. Information issues--labeling and asymmetric information--are central to the GM-food debate. Furthermore, it is important to understand the reaction in developed countries to...