26-10-2012 13:51 PM | USA

Agricultural research spending on the rise, says report

Global challenges, including the recent food and financial crises and climate change, highlight the need for continued and scaled-up investments in agricultural research and development (R&D).

Following a decade of slow growth in the 1990s, global public spending on agricultural R&D increased by 22% from 2000 to 2008, from $26.1bn to $31.7bn, according to the new report by IFPRI.
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