Friday, October 10, 2014

New Exchange newsletter & Choices article!


Travel Grants for Economists from Low Income & Lower-Middle Income Countries
During the 2014 AAEA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, AAEA welcomed the 2014 recipients of the Travel Grants for Economists from low and lower-middle income countries. These individuals were selected from more than 40 applicants to the travel grant program to attend the meeting, network, and present their research in a Selected Paper session. More information about past winners of the LI-LMI Travel Grant program and the 2015 call for nominations can be found on the AAEA website.

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Losing the Plot? Agricultural Research Policy and the 2014 Farm Bill

Philip G. Pardey, Jason M. Beddow, and Steven T. Buccola

Following over a decade of declines, the 2014 Agricultural Act yielded modest increases in research and development (R&D) funding. The increase is insufficient to reverse the decline in the U.S. share of global public food and agricultural R&D, and failing to replenish the R&D stock may have profound adverse consequences for the competiveness of U.S. agriculture.

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