World food security beyond 2000 depends on continued global investments in agricultural research and development. The basic facts are well known. World population is expected to increase by about 2.3 billion people by 2020, the amount of new land that can be brought under cultivation is limited, and other natural renewable resources used in agriculture, like water, are becoming increasingly scarce. Ensuring the future security of adequate food supplies is not a question of simply maintaining agricultural productivity; it has to be one of continuing to improve global agricultural productivity, particularly through research and innovation. Moreover, developments in agricultural R&D in wealthier nations are increasingly intertwined with those in developing countries. An accounting, review, and assessment of what has happened is therefore timely. In this essay, the authors cover the following areas: Changing investment patterns; Key policy developments; The private sector's changing role; and, What will these chagnes mean.
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Paper provided by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in its series Annual reports with number
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