Usman, M. and Ahmed, U.J. and Javed, M.
(2017)
Agricultural productivity and food security: Role of public and private sector investment in research and development.
Journal of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences, 12.
pp. 1-10.
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to observe the impact of public and private agricultural
research and development (R&D) investment on agricultural productivity and food security.
To testify aforementioned goal, we use worldwide data collected from Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO), United State Department of Agriculture (USDA), and World
Development Indicators (WDI). The study time span is from 1990 to 2014. By using
different control variables, we found positive and statistically significant impact of both
public and private agricultural R&D investment on agricultural productivity and food
security. Furthermore, private sector agricultural R&D investment has higher impact, as
compare to public sector agricultural R&D investment. However, both types of agricultural
investments encourage total factor productivity. These results are further verified by using
different proxies for agricultural productivity and food security. Study implications suggest
that, R&D investment in the field of agriculture is very important for long term agricultural
productivity and food security.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Public Agricultural R&D, Private Agricultural R&D, Agricultural Productivity,
Food Security |
| Author Affiliation: |
School of Finance, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, P.R. China |
| Subjects: |
Plant Production |
| Divisions: |
General |
| Depositing User: |
Mr T L Gautham
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| Date Deposited: |
08 May 2018 06:07 |
| Last Modified: |
08 May 2018 06:07 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15429 |
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