Crop Variety Improvement and its Effect on Productivity: the Impact of International Agricultural Research, eds R. E. EVENSON & D. GOLLIN. 544 pp. Wallingford: CABI (2003). £75.00 or $140.00 (hardback). ISBN 0851995497.

2005 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-109
Author(s):  
J. R. WITCOMBE
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Research ◽  
International Agricultural Research ◽  
Crop Variety ◽  
The Impact

The Role of Research and Innovation in the Transformation of Agri-Food Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-63
Author(s):  
Mariana Sandu ◽  
Stefan Mantea
Keyword(s):  
Technological Progress ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Determinant Factor ◽  
Rapid Transformation

Abstract Agri-food systems include branching ramifications, which connect in the upstream the input suppliers with farmers, and downstream farmers, processors, retailers and consumers. In the last decades, at the level of the regions, food systems have undergone rapid transformation as a result of technological progress. The paper analyzes the changes made to the structure, behavior and performance of the agri-food system and the impact on farmers and consumers. Also, the role of agricultural research as a determinant factor of transformation of agri-food system is analyzed. The research objective is to develop technologies that cover the entire food chain (from farm to fork) and meet the specific requirements of consumers (from fork to farm) through scientific solutions in line with the principles of sustainable agriculture and ensuring the safety and food safety of the population.

Private Agricultural R&D: Do the Poor Benefit?

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jock R. Anderson ◽  
Regina Birner ◽  
Latha Najarajan ◽  
Anwar Naseem ◽  
Carl E. Pray
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
Agricultural Research And Development ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Private agricultural research and development can foster the growth of agricultural productivity in the diverse farming systems of the developing world comparable to the public sector. We examine the extent to which technologies developed by private entities reach smallholder and resource-poor farmers, and the impact they have on poverty reduction. We critically review cases of successfully deployed improved agricultural technologies delivered by the private sector in both large and small developing countries for instructive lessons for policy makers around the world.

scholarly journals The impact of public research expenditure on agricultural productivity: evidence from developed European countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
Alessandro Magrini
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
European Countries ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Public Research ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Research Expenditure

The objective of this paper is to assess the impact of public research expenditure on agricultural productivity in developed European countries. Our research provides original evidence, making possible a comparison with existing studies focused on United States of America (USA). We apply a fixed effects Gamma distributed-lag model to yearly data in 1970-2016 sourced from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In our results, public research expenditure has a significant impact on agricultural productivity up to 35 years, with peak at 17 years and long-term elasticity equal to 0.172. Based on our model, the countries with the highest internal rate of return of agricultural research expenditure resulted Germany, Spain, France and Italy (24.5-25.2%), followed by Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece, Belgium and Luxembourg (20.5-21.8%). However, only Germany, Denmark and Greece increased agricultural research expenditure in recent years. The estimated internal rates of return are in line with the ones reported by existing studies on USA, and they suggest that developed European countries, just like USA, could benefit from research investments in Agriculture to a much greater extent than they currently do.

scholarly journals Current information and technology priorities of dairy farmers - a challenge for agricultural researchers

1997 ◽  
pp. 215-220
Author(s):  
Juliet Macclean ◽  
John Penno ◽  
Steve Howse
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Dairy Farmers ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Interactive Workshop ◽  
The Impact

Farmers' conferences have been a key technology transfer mechanism for agricultural research over many years. However, farmer support for these events has been declining. As part of a review of the Ruakura Dairy Farmers' Conference, a study was conducted to determine the information needs of dairy farmers, and establish the best methods of communicating research findings to farmers at conferences. The four predominant information needs of dairy farmers pertained to increasing the efficiency of labour use, increasing farm profitability, reducing the impact of farm practice on the environment and animal welfare, and increasing business management skills. While many of these broad categories fall outside the traditional sphere of agricultural research, researchers must relate their findings to these information needs if they are to communicate research effectively. Conference organisers must provide farmer audiences with a programme which is directly related to their goals. To improve communication there should be a move away from lecture-based presentations to interactive workshop and seminar sessions. Not only does this better suit the learning style of many farmers, but it provides researchers with an opportunity to receive feedback on their ideas from those who will apply the knowledge. Agricultural scientists may need to change the emphasis of their research and assess their methods of technology transfer if they are to continue to make a major contribution to the grass roots level of the dairy industry. Keywords: conference, dairy industry, information needs, technology transfer

scholarly journals DIGONESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL MONITERING SYSTEM IN A POULTRY HOUSE

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Al-Chalabi & et al
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Ventilation System ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Feed Conversion ◽  
Poultry House ◽  
Productive Traits ◽  
The Impact

This experiment was conducted at a closed poultry house , Poultry Research Station , office of Agricultural Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Baghdad, Iraq, for the period from 2/9 to 14/03/2016 for total rearing of 35 days. To diagnose and monitoring the Environmental factors such as temperature, humidity , density, and the carbon dioxide levels inside the house during winter season, and its impact on the productive performance of broiler chickens Rose 308 breed .The dimensions of the house was ,length 35 m x width 7.5 m x Height 2.5 m, by total space volume 3656.25 m3. The ventilation system in the house was (negative pressure type). The house is totally closed, small fans for (minimum ventilation) in the winter are functioned, and large fans for ventilation in the evaporative cooling operation were used in the summer. 1000 sexed birds were used in this experiment imported through commercial hatchery in Abu Ghraib. The house was divided into three thermal Zones in order to find out whether heterogeneity in environmental conditions is existed in the house and at bird level .as a result the impact on the homogeneity in the weights of marketed birds . The treatments have been distributed into 32 rearing cages by the following order: 8 cages with the density of 50 birds / cage, the remaining 24 cages were divided into the density of 25 birds / cage. The results showed that there were significant differences between the treatments in the rate of body weight ,body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion efficiency among   densities and the three thermal zones due to the presence of cool air leaks into the house at the front ,End of the house, and its sides especially when fans are on , along with dead Air pockets that were identified in many places in the middle of the housed, yet this Zone was the one that had the best productive traits in comparison with the other two zones. The purpose of this experiment is to study environmental parameters homogeneity  inside the shed in addition to impact of CO2 levels and impact of birds density on productive traits.

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