Recent decades have witnessed a dramatic shift from public to private sector agricultural research in many developed countries. Developments in plant breeding and biotechnology, for example, have created profitable opportunities for private investment. However, new issues, such as intellectual property rights, have arisen as a consequence. This book discusses these and related issues.

Contributors

vii

Foreword

xi

Vernon W. Ruttan

Preface

xiii

Acronyms

xv

Agricultural Research Policy in an Era of Privatization: Introduction and Overview

1

(18)

Derek Byerlee

Ruben G. Echeverria

PART I Setting the Scene

The Evolution of Public Research Systems in Developing Countries: Facing New Challenges

19

(16)

Derek Byerlee

Gary Alex

Ruben G. Echeverria

The Growing Role of the Private Sector in Agricultural Research

35

(16)

Carl Pray

PART II Private Funding of Research through Producer Organizations

Joint Funding of Agricultural Research by Producers and Government in Australia

51

(16)

John P. Brennan

John D. Mullen

Farmer and Industry Funding of Agricultural Research in Colombia

67

(14)

Ruben D. Estrada

Federico Holmann

Rafael Posada

Financing Agricultural Research by Producers' Organizations in Africa

81

(24)

Jaakko Kangasniemi

Partnership of Producer and Government Financing to Reform Agricultural Research in Uruguay

105

(18)

Mario Allegri

PART III Public--Private Partnerships in Conducting Research

Public--Private Cooperation in Agricultural Research: Examples from The Netherlands

123

(14)

Kees van der Meer

Public--Private Interactions and Technology Policy in Innovation Processes for Zero Tillage in Argentina

137

(18)

Javier Ekboir

Gabriel Parellada

Public--Private Sector Interaction in the Indian Agricultural Research System: an Innovation Systems Perspective on Institutional Reform

155

(22)

Andrew Hall

Rasheed Sulaiman

Norman Clark

M.V.K. Sivamohan

B. Yoganand

PART IV Public Sector Response to Growing Privatization

Privatization of Plant Breeding in Industrialized Countries: Causes, Consequences and the Public Sector Response

177

(22)

Paul W. Heisey

C.S. Srinivasan

Colin Thirtle

Plant Breeding Research in Developing Countries: What Roles for the Public and Private Sectors?

199

(28)

Michael Morris

Benchaphun Ekasingh

Managing Intellectual Property and Income Generation in Public Research Organizations

227

(18)

Ken Fischer

Derek Byerlee

Reforming China's Agricultural Research System

245

(20)

Jikun Huang

Ruifa Hu

Carl Pray

Scott Rozelle

Financing Agricultural Research by Competitive Funds

265

(22)

Ruben G. Echeverria

Howard Elliott

Index

287

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