RSS 1.0AgBioForum, vol. 02, no. 1 (1999)
This issue's title is: "Private-Public Interactions in Agrobiotechnology: Appropriate Roles and Rules of Conduct." Click on one of the browse buttons above for a complete listing of the contents of this issue.
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Biotechnology and Agriculture : A Skeptical Perspective
(AgBioForum, 1999)A combination of population and income growth will more than double the demand for food and other agricultural commodities over the next half century. Advances in crop productivity during the twentieth century have largely ... -
Public and Private Collaboration on Plant Biotechnology in China
(AgBioForum, 1999)Public private collaboration in plant biotechnology is unusual in China because the private sector plays a very small role in the Chinese agricultural input industry. There are few public private collaborations and also ... -
Balancing basic, genetic enhancement and cultivar development research in an evolving US plant germplasm system
(AgBioForum, 1999)The structure of the United States (U.S.) public-private plant genetic research system is being transformed by the emergence of practical biotechnology protocols for creating transgenic plants; and by strengthened intellectual ... -
Public science, biotechnology, and the industrial organization of agrofood systems
(AgBioForum, 1999)Concentration in the agricultural biotechnology sector and general patterns of restructuring raise important policy questions regarding public investments in research and extension. We argue that the most valuable contributions ... -
Exploring the public's role in agricultural biotechnology research
(AgBioForum, 1999)The potential for market failure resulting from under-investment in research is onejustification for public agricultural research. This justification seems less germane given recent developments regarding intellectual ... -
The changing agricultural research environment : what does it mean for public-private innovation?
(AgBioForum, 1999)Agricultural research has experienced increased industry spending and public-private collaborations. Private incentives for public goods research are limited. Public-private ventures can foster socially beneficial research. ... -
Partnerships between public and private : the experience of the Cooperative Research Center for Plant Science in Australia
(AgBioForum, 1999)We discuss an innovative scheme, the Cooperative Research Centers Program, established by the Australian government in 1991, which has a major objective of delivering research output of direct benefit to Australian industries. ... -
Are research alliances between private firms and land grant universities compatible with the original purpose?
(AgBioForum, 1999)Increased collaboration between private firms and State Agricultural Experiment Stations (SAES) raises fears that the independence, objectivity, and credibility of SAES and their scientists may be compromised. Likewise, ... -
Public/private alliances
(AgBioForum, 1999)The traditional research paradigm represents discoveries flowing linearly from basic science conducted in public institutions to applied research and commercialization undertaken largely by private industry. This ... -
The agricultural knowledge system : appropriate roles and interactions for the public and private sectors
(AgBioForum, 1999)For over one hundred years, Land Grant Universities (LGUs) have pushed the frontiers of knowledge; have translated new knowledge into practice for the benefit of farmers, agribusiness and consumers; and have prepared the ...