Campus Units
Economics
Document Type
Editorial
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1997
Journal or Book Title
Choices
Volume
12
Issue
1
First Page or Article ID Number
1
Abstract
The United States has developed a very successful R&D system for agriculture. It is a system of shared cost and performance. The federal government provides about 24 percent of all agricultural research funds, while state governments provide 16 percent and the private sector assumes the remaining 60 percent. In contrast, federal agencies actually perform about 15 percent of the research, compared to 31 percent carried out by state agencies and 54 percent conducted by private businesses. Thus, the federal government and private sector transfer, on net, funds to state institutions for performing agricultural research.
Copyright Owner
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Copyright Date
1997
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Huffman, Wallace, "Funding Public Agricultural Research" (1997). Economics Publications. 365.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/econ_las_pubs/365
Included in
Agricultural and Resource Economics Commons, Agricultural Economics Commons, Government Contracts Commons
Comments
This is an editorial from Choices 12 (1997): 1. Posted with permission.