Privatization of information and agricultural industrialization

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    • Wolf, Steven A.

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Privatization of information and agricultural industrialization

edited by Steven A. Wolf

Soil and Water Conservation Society , CRC Press, c1998

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"This book is a product of a workshop held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on October 25-26, 1995"--Pref

Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

The respective roles of public and private sector institutions engaged in development and dissemination of agricultural information are currently undergoing dramatic change. Enhanced incentives, new technologies, and changes in industrial organization are spurring private investment. Simultaneously, political and economic conditions are constraining public agencies' participation in the current information boom. Privatization of Information and Agricultural Industrialization identifies the basis and implications of the ongoing shift from public to private sector control of agricultural information. Privatization of information raises meaningful social, economic, and environmental concerns deserving of immediate attention by analysts, advocates, policy makers, and those with a direct economic stake in agriculture. The objectives of the book are to:

目次

Status and Trends in Agricultural Information Institutional Relations in Agricultural Information: Transitions and Consequences, S.A. Wolf Information and Technology Transfer in Agriculture: The Role of the Public and Private Sectors, M. Boehlje Can Privatization of Information Meet the Goals of a Sustainable Agriculture? D. Keeney and W.T. Vorley Integrating Public and Private R&D in the Food and Agriculture Sector, D. Holt Organizational and Technological Change in Production Systems Can Cooperatives Survive the Privatization of Biotechnology in U.S. Agriculture? E. Ransom, L. Busch, and G. Middendorf Toward an Agriculture Information System to Maximize Value in Agricultural Data, M.-C. Fortin and F.J. Pierce The Political Economy of Precision Farming, S.A. Wolf and F.H. Buttel An Industrializing Animal Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Clustering, A. Purvis Privatization of Crop Production Information Service Markets, S.A. Wolf International Cases Issues in Public and Private Technology Transfer: The Cases of Australia and New Zealand, J. Cary Landcare: A Recent Australian Extension Phenomenon, B. Scarsbrick Privatization of Extension in the United Kingdom: Implications for Agriculture and the Rural Economy, M. Bunney Institutional Innovation Technology and Information Transfer in U.S. Agriculture: The Role of Land Grant Universities, N. Kalaitzandonakes and J.B. Bullock The Changing Nature of Agricultural Markets: Implications for Privatization of Technology, Information Transfer, and Land-Grant Research and Extension, D. Zilberman, D. Sunding, and M. Khanna Index

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