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Science for Agriculture: A Long-Term Perspective, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-0-8138-0688-4
Hardcover
330 pages
January 2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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Foreword (Vernon W. Ruttan).

Preface.

Introduction.

1) The Evolution of the U.S. System.

2) The Development of a System of Agricultural Sciences.

3) The Agricultural Scientist.

4) Resources and Their Allocation.

5) The Private Sector, Biotechnology and R&D for Agriculture.

6) International Dimensions of U.S. Agricultural Research.

7) Economics of the Provision of Public Agricultural Research.

8) Research Contributions to Agricultural Productivity.

9) The SAES-USDA System: Challenges for the 21st Century.

Glossary/Acronyms.

Index.

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