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Comparative analysis of structural and organizational changes in agricultural research and technology diffusion system in the developed countries

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14360125
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Agro-economics
Research InstitutionHOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

TAKUMI Kondo  Hokkaido Univ., Grad.School of Agr., Asso.Prof., 大学院・農学研究科, 助教授 (40178413)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) FUMIO Osanami  Hokkaido Univ., Grad.School of Agr., Prof., 大学院・農学研究科, 教授 (00113697)
EIICHI Shiga  Hokkaido Univ., Grad.School of Agr., Asso.Prof., 大学院・農学研究科, 助教授 (50235511)
JINJIRO Chino  Utsunomiya Univ., Fac.of Agr., Prof., 農学部, 教授 (40163729)
JUN Harada  Utsunomiya Univ., Fac.of Agr., Asso.Prof., 農学部, 助教授 (30241847)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥12,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥4,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥4,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥4,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000)
KeywordsAgricultural R&D / spillover effect / Total factor productivity / 技術進歩 / スピルオーバー効果 / あきたこまち / 技術革新 / 稲品種 / 農業技術開発 / 知的所有権 / 公共財 / 制度革新
Research Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the agricultural research system and technology diffusion among the developed countries. First, this paper focuses on the changes in agricultural research expenditures in several developed countries. There was a decrease in agriculture production in comparison with other sectors and the tight financial conditions that leads to the research fund shortage. But on the other hand, private fund has increased dramatically. However, the fund for prefecture and government sectors accounted for a relatively large share compared to the private sectors in Japan. The research fund granted to national institutions increased until the late 1970s. After that, it stagnated but increased after the 1990s due to the increase in agricultural R&D investments in biotechnology, environmental quality, and food safety. The need for basic and pioneering research also makes the research expenditures in national institutions increase. The allocation mechanism of research … More fund is gradually changing. The government allocated the fund to the project competitively rather than a formula basis. Second, prefectural agricultural R&D fund has decreased compared to that of national government after 1965. The amount of funds granted to local agricultural R&D institutes has remained at the same level, and its share in the total funds is decreasing. In 2000, public funds constituted only 30% of the total money used for agricultural R&D in Japan. Because it is potentially important to consider spillover effects when we re-design an agricultural research system, we analyzed spillover effects. One was spillovers related to rice and wheat crop breeding. The other one was spatial and geographical spillover in the Tohoku area. There exists great spillover effects in the case of the diffusion of rice varieties which were developed at prefectural agricultural experiment station such as "Akita komachi". This variety has been spread across several prefectures, showing great spillover effects. We also constructed an agricultural technology knowledge index (ATI) and a total factor productivity index (TFP) in each prefecture in Tohoku district and analyzed the statistical significance between ATI and TFP. As a result we could confirm the existence of spatial and geographical spillover effects. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report

Research Products

(5 results)

All 2005 2004

All Journal Article (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] わが国小麦品種改良と試験地間スピルオーバーに関する分析2005

    • Author(s)
      藤井陽子, 長南史男, 近藤巧
    • Journal Title

      農経論叢 61集

      Pages: 171-181

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Wheat Breeding Research and its Spillover Effect among Research Institutes in Japan : The parentage coefficient approach2005

    • Author(s)
      Yoko Fujii, Fumio Osanami, Takumi Kondo
    • Journal Title

      The Review of Agricultural Economics Vol.61, Mar.

      Pages: 171-181

    • NAID

      110004632697

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] イチゴ新品種「とちおとめ」の普及における部会組織内の情報流2004

    • Author(s)
      原田淳
    • Journal Title

      宇都宮大学農学部学術報告 19

      Pages: 17-22

    • NAID

      110001031829

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A Study on Diffusion Process of New Strawberry Cultiver "Tochiotome", -Roles of Farmers' Organization in Extension of Innovation-2004

    • Author(s)
      Jun Harada
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of the College of Agriculture Utsunomiya University Vol.19, No.1

      Pages: 17-22

    • NAID

      110001031829

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] イチゴ新品種「とちおとめ」の普及における部会組織内の情報流2004

    • Author(s)
      原田 淳
    • Journal Title

      宇都宮大学農学部学術報告 19(1)

      Pages: 17-22

    • NAID

      110001031829

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2002-03-31   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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