Public-Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research New Institutional Arrangements and Economic Implications

by Fuglie, Keith O.; Schimmelpfennig, David E.

• ISBN13: 9780813827896
• ISBN10: 0813827892
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-16
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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

Julian M. Alston is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics of the University of California at Davis Nicole Ballenger is a deputy director for research of the Market and Trade Economics Division of USDA's Economic Research Service Kelly Day-Rubenstein is an agricultural economist at USDA's Economic Research Service Robert E. Evenson is the director of the Economic Growth Center and a professor in the Department of Economics at Yale University Jose Falck-Zepeda is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Auburn University Kenneth J. Frey was Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Iowa State University George B. Frisvold is on the faculty in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Arizona Keith O. Fuglie is an agricultural and resource economist with the International Potato Center in Bogor, Indonesia Richard Jones is Dean for Research and Director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Florida Cassandra Klotz-Ingram is an agricultural economist with Economic Research Service of USDA Mary K. Knudson is a research associate at Purdue University Richard L. Lower is Executive Director of the North Central Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors Clare A. Narrod is an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow at USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service Catherine Neumeyer is an adjunct professor at St. Thomas in Minnesota Philip G. Pardey is a research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute Carl E. Pray is a professor of Agricultural Economics and Marketing at Rutgers University John M. Reilly is Associate Director for Research in the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology David E. Schimmelpfennig is a Program Leader in agricultural research and productivity at USDA's Economic Research Service Vincent H. Smith is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics at Montana State University in Bozeman Colin G. Thirtle is a Londoner who worked on the stock exchange and in sales management before studying economics at the London School of Economics, Southern Illinois, and Columbia, where he completed a Ph.D. There is no truth to the rumor, started by Charlie Cobb of the USDA, that he has to keep moving because he is a horse thief Greg Traxler is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Auburn University, and an affiliate scientist in the Economics Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Stephen J. Vogel is with the Economic Research Service

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Susan E. Offutt
List of Tables	ix
List of Figures	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
INTRODUCTION
Overview of the Volume	3	(6)
Keith O. Fuglie
David E. Schimmelpfenning
I. INNOVATIONS IN FINANCING AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Trends in Agricultural Research Expenditures in the United States	9	(16)
Keith O. Fuglie
Financing Agricultural R&D in Rich Countries: What's Happening and Why	25	(30)
Julian M. Alston
Philip G. Pardey
Vincent H. Smith
Financing Agricultural Research with Prior Distortionary Taxes and Subsidies	55	(22)
George B. Frisvold
Stephen J. Vogel
II. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS IN PLANT AND ANIMAL RESEARCH
A National Strategy for Plant Breeding in the United States	77	(22)
Kenneth J. Frey
The Role of Federal, State, and Private Institutions in Seed Technology Generation	99	(18)
Jose Falck-Zepeda
Greg Traxler
Public and Private Investments in Animal Research	117	(38)
Keith O. Fuglie
Clare A. Narrod
Catherine Neumeyer
III. INSTITUTIONS FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
The CRADA Model for Public-Private Research and Technology Transfer in Agriculture	155	(20)
Kelly Day-Rubenstein
Keith O. Fuglie
The Research Consortium Model for Agricultural Research	175	(24)
Mary K. Knudson
State Agricultural Experiment Stations and Intellectual Property Rights	199	(20)
Mary K. Knudson
Richard L. Lower
Richard Jones
IV. INTERNATIONAL SPILLOVERS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Agricultural Technology Spillovers	219	(26)
Robert E. Evenson
Significance of International Spillovers from Public Agricultural Research	245	(24)
David E. Schimmelpfenning
Colin G. Thirtle
The Private Sector and International Technology Transfer in Agriculture	269	(32)
Carl E. Pray
Keith O. Fuglie
Assessing U. S. Benefits of Training Foreign Agricultural Scientists	301	(24)
Nicole Ballenger
Cassandra Klotz-Ingram
CONCLUSION
Public-Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research: The Future	325	(10)
John M. Reilly
David E. Schimmelpfenning
Contributors	335	(8)
Index	343