Title: Modeling agricultural innovation in a rapidly developing country : the case of Chinese pesticide industry

Authors: Shi, Guanming and Pray, Carl

Place: Madison, WI [etc.]

Publisher: University of Minnesota [etc.]

Year: 2011

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Subject: Rural Innovation Systems

Keywords: agricultural innovations, development models, industrial policy, asia

Abstract: The authors investigated how policy and market factors influence decisions on innovation, using pesticide innovation data from China. The results suggest that the government policies for openness, public research and education and intellectual property right enforcement can encourage innovation.

URL: http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/103744/2/AAEA_ShiPray.pdf

Document type: Conference proceeding/ paper