Building political and financial support for science and technology for agriculture.
Building political and financial support for science and technology for agriculture.
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10.1098/rstb.2012.0274
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2014-04-05
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Beachy RN
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农业研发投资回报率估计高达 20 至 40 倍，这为增加此类研究的财政支持提供了强有力的理由。此外，在不断扩大的生物经济需求不断增长的情况下，迫切需要为不断增长的人口提供足够的营养，同时面临人口增长和全球天气模式变化，加剧了扩大该领域研究和开发的紧迫性。不幸的是，政府对研究的支持仅增加了健康、能源等研究支持增长率的一小部分。尽管过去二十年私营部门的投资大幅增加，但支持私营部门活动的大部分基础研究都是在公共部门进行的。为了实现研究突破的最大效益，可能有必要重新配置研究经费和技术转让机制，以便更快地将发现应用于当地需求和全球挑战。有些变化可能需要教育和研究机构进行重大的组织、行政和运营变革。
The high rate of return on investments in research and development in agriculture, estimated at between 20- and 40-fold, provides a strong rationale for increasing financial support for such research. Furthermore, the urgency to provide sufficient nutrition for a growing population amid growing demands for an expanding bioeconomy, while facing population growth and changing global weather patterns heightens the urgency to expand research and development in this field. Unfortunately, support by governments for research has increased at a fraction of the rate of increases in support of research for health, energy, etc. Although there have been significant increases in investments by the private sector over the past two decades, much of the foundational research that supports private-sector activities is generated in the public sector. To achieve the greatest benefits of breakthroughs in research, it may be necessary to reconfigure research funding and technology transfer mechanisms in order to more rapidly apply discoveries to local needs as well as to global challenges. Some changes will likely require significant organizational, administrative and operational changes in education and research institutions.