Update 4/12/2012: Seminar canceled.
Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas and Emerging U.S. Implications
Julian Alston
Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Director, Robert Mondavi Institute Center for Wine Economics
University of California, Davis
Wednesday, April 18
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Plant Science 404
This presentation will provide an overview on a variety of issues that Professor Alston has studied related to the economics of agricultural science and Agricultural productivity. Specifically, this seminar will highlight:
- Trends in global and U.S. spending on agricultural science
- Evidence on the rates of return to that investment
- The recent slowdown in global and U.S. agricultural productivity growth and its implications
- Options for alternative funding models to revitalize the investment and rekindle productivity growth.
Professor Alston is one of the world’s foremost scholars in the fields of the economics of agriculture, agricultural R&D, and related policies.
Seminar sponsored by: CALS, CCE, and the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management