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Markets, policies, research, education, soils, and climate all affect the level of production, the resource mix used to produce output, and the technology adopted by producers. This topic quantifies the links between inputs and outputs (both marketed and non-marketed) and explores the factors that explain how productivity increases.
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Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators, 2000This AREI chapter begins with an assessment of public R&D.; Trends in Private R&D; are reviewed, including biological innovation and crop development, the role of intellectual property rights, and the globalization of markets. Public-private collaboration is discussed, in particular technology transfer, research consortia, and cooperative genomic efforts. Finally, the relationship between changing industry structure and R&D; is reviewed.
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