Alejandro Nin Pratt
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View article: Unlocking Innovation: Assessing the Role of Agricultural R&D in Latin America and the Caribbean
Unlocking Innovation: Assessing the Role of Agricultural R&D in Latin America and the Caribbean Open
This report presents a comprehensive analysis of public agricultural research and development (R&D) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), focusing on the contextual factors influencing agricultural R&D investment and their implications…
View article: Opportunities for Orphan Crops: Expected Economic Benefits From Biotechnology
Opportunities for Orphan Crops: Expected Economic Benefits From Biotechnology Open
An enabling, evidence-based decision-making framework is critical to support agricultural biotechnology innovation, and to ensure farmers’ access to genetically modified (GM) crops, including orphan crop varieties. A key element, and often…
View article: Productividad y eficiencia en la producción ganadera pastoril en América Latina: Los casos de Bolivia y Colombia
Productividad y eficiencia en la producción ganadera pastoril en América Latina: Los casos de Bolivia y Colombia Open
El estudio examina el desempeño de la producción ganadera en Bolivia y Colombia. Se trata de dos ganaderías con diferente trayectoria, madurez tecnológica, y desempeño productivo, y que tienen en común la existencia de “frontera agrícola”,…
View article: Insect-Resistant Cowpea in Nigeria: An Ex Ante Economic Assessment of a Crop Improvement Initiative
Insect-Resistant Cowpea in Nigeria: An Ex Ante Economic Assessment of a Crop Improvement Initiative Open
Since oil prices’ decline in 2014, agriculture has received renewed interest in Nigeria as a key sector for achieving sustainable growth and generating foreign exchange. One of the identified obstacles to achieving these goals is the nee…
View article: The Agricultural R&D Investment Gap in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Agricultural R&D Investment Gap in Latin America and the Caribbean Open
Given the importance of agricultural R&D investment to sustain agricultural growth in the future, this study looks at the state of agricultural R&D investment in LAC, with the goal of identifying the level of underinvestment in the region.…
View article: Agricultural Growth, Efficiency and Family Agriculture in Paraguay
Agricultural Growth, Efficiency and Family Agriculture in Paraguay Open
Between 2001 and 2012, Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) agriculture saw its best performance of the last 30 years. What were the implications of this growth for family agriculture (FA) in the region? This study contributes to answer…
View article: Agricultural R&D Investment, Knowledge Stocks and Productivity Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
Agricultural R&D Investment, Knowledge Stocks and Productivity Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean Open
Between 2001 and 2012, Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) agriculture saw its best performance of the last 30 years. Given the importance of agricultural R&D investment to sustain agricultural growth in the future, this study looks at…
View article: Revisiting Rates of Return to Agricultural R&D Investment
Revisiting Rates of Return to Agricultural R&D Investment Open
This study proposes the use of partial least squares to determine the key parameters of the perpetual inventory method model of capital stock as a new approach to calculate research and development (R&D) knowledge stocks and R&D elasticiti…
View article: Comparing Apples to Apples: A New Indicator of Research and Development Investment Intensity in Agriculture
Comparing Apples to Apples: A New Indicator of Research and Development Investment Intensity in Agriculture Open
It is conventional wisdom in the economic development literature that there is a significant underinvestment in agricultural R&D in developing countries. Evidence supporting this belief is provided, first by a vast literature showing retur…
View article: Productivity and the Performance of Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean: From the Lost Decade to the Commodity Boom
Productivity and the Performance of Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean: From the Lost Decade to the Commodity Boom Open
This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean's agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at the contribution of inputs, and total factor productivity (TFP) to growth in output per worker. A growth accounting appro…
View article: Agricultural Intensification in Africa: A Regional Analysis
Agricultural Intensification in Africa: A Regional Analysis Open
View article: Inputs, Productivity, and Agricultural Growth in Africa South of the Sahara
Inputs, Productivity, and Agricultural Growth in Africa South of the Sahara Open