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The functions, focus, and productivity of the state agricultural experiment stations in the United States
Author(s) -
Araji A. A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
agribusiness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1520-6297
pISSN - 0742-4477
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6297(199011)6:6<633::aid-agr2720060609>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - productivity , agriculture , investment (military) , focus (optics) , function (biology) , basic research , agricultural productivity , state (computer science) , production (economics) , operations research , agricultural economics , operations management , business , economics , regional science , economic growth , computer science , engineering , political science , geography , macroeconomics , library science , physics , archaeology , optics , algorithm , evolutionary biology , politics , law , biology
This article evaluates the functions, focus, and productivity of the State Agricultural Experiment Stations (SAES). Resources in the SAES are allocated to four functions. Maintenance research constitutes the major function followed by applied research, basic research, and services. Analysis of the research programs within each of the research functions shows that the primary focus is on farm production research. The results of the ex‐ante model shows that return to total investment in research is 25.3%, to maintenance research is 57.6%, to applied research is 26.3%, and to basic research is 16.4%.