Science Under Scarcity: Principles and Practice for Agricultural Research and Priority Setting

by Julian M. Alston

Overview

Resources for agricultural science are scarce across the world. Yet even as budgets are shrinking, agricultural science is expanding its inquiry into many new areas, including environmental preservation, food safety, food quality, and rural development, all in addition to its traditional concerns. Research administrators are now faced with the need to provide strong evidence that costs are justified by benefits. Science Under Scarcity provides invaluable guide to the theory and methods for evaluating research in agriculture and setting priorities for resource allocation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851992990
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	06/01/1998
Series:	CABI
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

University of California, Davis

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

University of Minnesota

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Editorial Reviews

"Not scarcity of food, but of funding for research has inspired Alston (agricultural and resource economics, U. of California-Davis), George W. Norton (agricultural and applied economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.) and Philip G. Pardey (applied economics, U. of Minnesota) to explain to research analysts and administrators some economic methods for evaluating and prioritizing research. They apply to agricultural research such tools as economic surplus analysis, economic techniques, mathematical programming procedures, and scoring models."—SciTech Book News

From the Publisher

Not scarcity of food, but of funding for research has inspired Alston (agricultural and resource economics, U. of California-Davis), George W. Norton (agricultural and applied economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.) and Philip G. Pardey (applied economics, U. of Minnesota) to explain to research analysts and administrators some economics methods for evaluating and prioritizing research. They apply to agricultural research such tools as economic surplus analysis, econometric techniques, mathematical programming procedures, and scoring models. The cloth edition was published by Cornell University Press in 1995. This edition is distributed by Oxford U. Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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