TY - BOOK ID - 135930825 TI - Economics of research and innovation in agriculture AU - Moser, Petra AU - National Bureau of Economic Research PY - 2021 SN - 022677919X PB - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - Agriculture KW - Research KW - Agricultural innovations KW - Research and development projects KW - Finance. KW - Economic aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135930825 AB - With constraints on water, arable land, and other natural resources, agricultural innovation is a promising path to meeting the nutrient needs for future generations. At the same time, potential increases in the variability of the world's climate may intensify the need for developing new crops that can tolerate extreme weather. Dwindling public support leaves universities, which historically have been a major source of agricultural innovation, increasingly dependent on industry funding, with uncertain effects on the nature and direction of agricultural research. This book aims to provide such evidence through economic analyses of the sources of agricultural innovation, the challenges of measuring agricultural productivity, the role of universities and their interactions with industry, and emerging mechanisms that can fund agricultural R&D. ER -