Persistence Pays: U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth and the Benefits from Public R&D Spending: 34 (Natural Resource Management and Policy)

by Jennifer S. James (Author), Julian M. Alston (Author), Matthew A. Andersen (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $363.87

  This book covers the evolving path of U.S. agriculture in the 20th Century and the role of public research and development in that evolution. Through detailed analysis, it shows that the benefits of public investment in agriculture greatly outweigh the costs.