In this paper, the impact of public R&D investment on agricultural productivity and long-term food security via R&D driven endogenous technical change is analysed. The findings show that R&D growth rates at the level reached in 2000s, particularly those for China, would not be expected any longer. Concerning the impact of projected R&D investments on agricultural productivity, it is found that endogenous growth rates of land-Augmenting technical change are comparably lower than the standard exogenous rates used in long term projections of agri-food markets. This suggests that public R&D investments are not able to stimulate agricultural production to the levels that would be expected from the standard baseline outcomes.
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Smeets Kristkova, Z., Van Dijk, M., & Van Meijl, H. (2016). Projections of long-term food security with R&D driven technical change - A CGE analysis. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 77, 39–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2016.03.001
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