Agricultural Research And Technology In Economic Development

Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309043972
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and Economics written by National Academy of Engineering and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineers need economists' insights about the marketplace to understand how economic forces shape the environment for technological innovation. Just as important, economists must come to understand the power and process of technological change in industry. Technology and Economics defines the common ground for this ongoing dialogue between engineers and economists. This book presents the views of some of the leading U.S. economists and technologists who have worked to deepen understanding of the interactions between technology and economics. It explores topics relating to economic growth and productivity, the relation of technical progress to capital formation, investing in productivity growth, the relationship between technology and the cost of capital, future challenges to agricultural research, and innovation in the chemical processing industries. Industrialists and technologists, as well as economists, will find this book useful as an overview to issues of common concern.

Author : Isaac Arnon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401167710
Total Pages : 846 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer written by Isaac Arnon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural research was probably the first and is the most widespread form of organised research in the world, and one in which both the most developed and underdeveloped countries are engaged. Whilst most forms of research activity, such as in the field of medicine, have world wide application, agricultural research, by its very nature, has to be regional; practically no research finding can be adopted without studying the results of its application under the infinite number of ecological situations with which the farmers of the world are faced. The improvement of agricultural production is the essential first step whereby developing countries can hope to raise their standard of living. Research is therefore an activity in which no underdeveloped country can afford not to engage; nor can countries in which agriculture has reached a high level of development and sophistication afford to neglect agricultural research. It is not because of inertia or vested interests that highly industrialised countries maintain, mostly at public expense, a costly and complex infrastructure for agricultural research. Even when problems of overproduction weigh heavily on the economy, agricultural research is considered the essential key to further progress: the objectives and goals are simply changed and adapted to the needs of the economy.

Author : Committee on Science, Technology, and Regional Economic Development
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Impact of Science and Technology on Regional Economic Development written by Committee on Science, Technology, and Regional Economic Development and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Qiguo Zhao
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642191282
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Science & Technology in China: A Roadmap to 2050 written by Qiguo Zhao and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this sub-report addresses long-range planning for developing science and technology in the field of agriculture. They each craft a roadmap for their sphere of development to 2050. In their entirety, the general and sub-group reports analyze the evolution and laws governing the development of science and technology, describe the decisive impact of science and technology on the modernization process, predict that the world is on the eve of an impending S&T revolution, and call for China to be fully prepared for this new round of S&T advancement. Based on the detailed study of the demands on S&T innovation in China’s modernization, the reports draw a framework for eight basic and strategic systems of socio-economic development with the support of science and technology, work out China’s S&T roadmaps for the relevant eight basic and strategic systems in line with China’s reality, further detail S&T initiatives of strategic importance to China’s modernization, and provide S&T decision-makers with comprehensive consultations for the development of S&T innovation consistent with China’s reality. Supported by illustrations and tables of data, the reports provide researchers, government officials and entrepreneurs with guidance concerning research directions, the planning process, and investment. Founded in 1949, the Chinese Academy of Sciences is the nation’s highest academic institution in natural sciences. Its major responsibilities are to conduct research in basic and technological sciences, to undertake nationwide integrated surveys on natural resources and ecological environment, to provide the country with scientific data and consultations for government’s decision-making, to undertake government-assigned projects with regard to key S&T problems in the process of socio-economic development, to initiate personnel training, and to promote China’s high-tech enterprises through its active engagement in these areas.

Author : George W. Norton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134710291
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Agricultural Development written by George W. Norton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Persistent problems with poverty, rapid population growth and malnutrition in many developing countries are among the most serious issues facing the world today. This book examines the causes, severity and effects of these problems, as well as potential solutions. The authors consider the implications of globalization of goods, services and capital for agriculture, poverty and the environment; and identify linkages in the world food system, stressing how agricultural and economic situations in poor countries affect industrialized nations and vice versa. Focusing on the role that agriculture can play in improving economic and nutritional wellbeing and how that role might be enhanced, this book is essential reading.

Author : Yūjirō Hayami
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Development written by Yūjirō Hayami and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic theory, agricultural development, role of technological change - economic model, comparison of agricultural production in developed countries and developing countries, role of science and agricultural technology in Japan and the USA, technology transfer, implications for agricultural policy. Graphs, references, statistical tables.

Author : Clem Tisdell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351106074
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technological Change, Development and the Environment written by Clem Tisdell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1988, this book considers some of the major social, economic and environmental questions raised by the role of new technology in development. Throughout the discussions of issues like the sustainability of the development effected by new technology is supported by detailed case studies from countries such as India, Australia, New Zealand, China, Bangladesh and South Africa.

Author : Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 0896291901
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engendering Agricultural Research, Development and Extension written by Ruth Meinzen-Dick and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Louk de la Rive Box
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1843317575
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science and Technology Policy for Development written by Louk de la Rive Box and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about changing social relationships. The authors focus on the question of what social relations make for successful science and technology policies. In particular, the various chapters illustrate what happens at different social interfaces, such as between policy makers and researchers, and between the users and producers of knowledge. In other words, they are interested in the knowledge networks that are emerging between the many different actors involved in the development of science and technology.

Author : Joseph W. Willett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S. Agricultural Research Policy and the World Food Situation written by Joseph W. Willett and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: