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Measuring the Impacts of Improving Research Capacity: The Case of Training in Wheat Disease Resistance

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  • Quade, Kathryn J.

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It is notoriously difficult to assess the economic value of research aimed at improving research capacity, particularly in enhancing human capital. In this paper, a framework is developed and an analysis is undertaken of the value of training for scientists in wheat rust resistance in India. The value of the training is assessed through marginal analysis of the improvement in the level of disease resistence flowing from the increased capacity. On that basis, the value of programs to build human capacity through training or further education can be estimated. While such estimates need to be highly qualified, they provide a basis for quantifying the value of R&D capacity building.

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  • Brennan, John P. & Quade, Kathryn J., 2004. "Measuring the Impacts of Improving Research Capacity: The Case of Training in Wheat Disease Resistance," 2004 Conference (48th), February 11-13, 2004, Melbourne, Australia 58379, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.58379
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    1. Brennan, John P. & Quade, Kathryn J., 2004. "Genetics of, and Breeding for, Rust Resistance in Wheat in India and Pakistan," Impact Assessment Series (IAS) 113224, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.

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