Public-Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research
by Keith O. Fuglie, David E. Schimmelpfennig
Historically the United States has looked to the publicly funded agricultural research institutions at the Department of Agriculture and land-grant universities as the primary sources of new agricultural science and technology.
However, during the past several decades wide-reaching changes have taken place in the structure of the U.S. agricultural research system. One significant development is the growing capacity of the private sector for conducting agricultural research. In fact, private companies now spend more on agricultural research than public research institutions. The private sector is also the most rapidly growing source of funds for public research.
In addition, new technology transfer mechanisms have been established to increase the flow of science and technology among public and private research laboratories, including cooperative research agreements, research consortia, and greater use of intellectual property rights and patent licensing.
The agricultural research system has not escaped the forces of globalization, as sources and flows of agricultural science and technology become increasingly international in scope. These changes have important implications for how research in the U.S. is financed, who conducts it, the type of technology that is developed, and who is likely to benefit from it.
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Publisher Description
An examination of technology transfer in agricultural research collaborations Public-Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research: New Institutional Arrangements and Economic Implications examines the impact of the private-sector takeover of the field, and what it means for funding, research, technology, and more. Beginning with U.S. agricultural research financing, the discussion moves on to cover plant and animal research investments, collaborating institutions, and the international significance of technology spillover and transfer. From intellectual property rights and the CRADA Model to seed generation and other agricultural technology, this book offers a thought-provoking overview of global collaboration at this critical intersection of science and human welfare.
Author Biography
Keith O. Fuglie is an Economist with the Structure, Technology, and Productivity Branch in the Resource and Rural Economics Division. His work focuses on the economics of agricultural technical change, science policy, and productivity growth.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Susan E. Offutt vii List of Tables ix List of Figures xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Overview of the Volume 3
Keith O. Fuglie and David E. Schimmelpfennig I. Innovations in Financing Agricultural Research 2 Trends in Agricultural Research Expenditures in the United States 9
Keith O. Fuglie 3 Financing Agricultural R&D in Rich Countries: What's Happening and Why 25
Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, and Vincent H. Smith 4 Financing Agricultural Research with Prior Distortionary Taxes and Subsidies 55
George B. Frisvold and Stephen J. Vogel II. Public and Private Investments in Plant and Animal Research 5 A National Strategy for Plant Breeding in the United States 77
Kenneth J. Frey 6 The Role of Federal, State, and Private Institutions in Seed Technology Generation 99
Jose Falck-Zepeda and Greg Traxler 7 Public and Private Investments in Animal Research 117
Keith 0. Fuglie, Clare A. Narrod, and Catherine Neumeyer III. Institutions for Public-Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research 8 The CRADA Model for Public-Private Research and Technology Transfer in Agriculture 155
Kelly Day-Rubenstein and Keith O. Fuglie 9 The Research Consortium Model for Agricultural Research 175
Mary K. Knudson 10 State Agricultural Experiment Stations and Intellectual Property Rights 199
Mary K. Knudson, Richard L. Lower, and Richard Jones IV. International Spillovers in Agricultural Research 11 Agricultural Technology Spillovers 219
Robert E. Evenson 12 Significance of International Spillovers from Public Agricultural Research 245
David E. Schimmelpfennig and Colin G.Thirtle 13 The Private Sector and International Technology Transfer in Agriculture 269
Carl E. Pray and Keith O. Fuglie 14 Assessing U.S. Benefits of Training Foreign Agricultural Scientists 301
Nicole Ballenger and Cassandra Klotz-Ingram Conclusion 15. Public-Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research: The Future 325
John M. Reilly and David E. Schimmelpfennig Contributors 335 Index 343
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