Prioritizing Agricultural Research for Development:Experiences and Lessons - Hardcover

Raitzer; D.A.; Norton; G.W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845935667 ISBN 13: 9781845935665

Publisher: CABI Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Priority assessment methods are relatively well developed for commodity improvement programmes, however, innovation is needed for other, newer areas of research which have impact pathways that are harder to predict. Focusing on priority setting practices for agricultural research, this book analyses various priority assessment methods and research in the context of real-world experiences and new innovations. Chapters present methods that have been used to articulate, explore and assess impact pathways and research priorities, while also considering their strengths and weaknesses and drawing together methodological lessons.

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About the Author

Keith Fuglie is Chief of the Resource, Environmental and Science Policy Branch at the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Washington, DC. He specializes in the analysis of international agricultural productivity, the economics of technical change, and research policy. In 1997-1998 he served as senior economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisors. From 1998 to 2006 he was with the International Potato Center (CIP) based in Indonesia, where he was regional director for CIP in Asia and headed CIP's social science research program. In 1990-91, Keith was a Rockefeller Foundation Research Fellow in Tunisia. He received an MS and PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota and a BA from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota.

Edition details

• Publisher: CABI Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845935667
• ISBN 13: 9781845935665
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272