The Complementary Roles of the Public and Private Sectors in U.S. Agricultural Research and Development

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英文名称：

The Complementary Roles of the Public and Private Sectors in U.S. Agricultural Research and Development

作者：

John King; Andrew A. Toole; Keith Fuglie

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=42861

关键词：

Agricultural research and development;  R&D;  public sector;  private sector;  State Agricultural Experiment Stations;  private returns;  social returns;  technology transfer;  plant breeding; 

年份：

2012

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

8 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

This brief examines the funding and performance of agricultural R&D to assess the evolving roles of the public and private sectors in the U.S. agricultural research system. There is a clear, long-term trend toward greater private sector funding and performance of R&D. In 2007, the private sector performed 53 percent of total food and agricultural research in the United States, and privately funded R&D has grown faster than publicly funded R&D over the long term. Public-sector funders and performers of R&D play a largely complementary role by emphasizing social returns in the selection of research topics and valuing rapid and widespread disclosure of new knowledge.