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

John King , Andrew Toole , and Keith Fuglie

United States Department of Agriculture

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;   

RP-ID  :  EB-19

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 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.