Priority-setting mechanisms for national agricultural research systems: Present experience and future needs

Norton, G.W. and Pardey, P.G. (1987) Priority-setting mechanisms for national agricultural research systems: Present experience and future needs. Working Paper. International Service for National Agricultural Research, Hague, Netherlands.

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Abstract

Recent trends towards shrinking real research budgets for many national agricultural research systems (NARS) have stimulated several attempts to evaluate the economic benefits of aricultural reserch. Many of these quantitative economic evaluations have employed historical data to provide ex post assessments, and a few have used subjective judgments to project future research benefits. The results of these analyses have been used at the national or inter-ministerial level to justify the need for continued political support for agricultural research...

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Author Affiliation: International Service for National Agricultural Research
Subjects: Agricultural Engineering
Crop Improvement
Divisions: Other Crops
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 15 Nov 2013 08:41
Last Modified: 15 Nov 2013 08:41
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/12172

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