Innovation and the Public and Private Sector Role Flashcards
Food security impacts:
Health and education
economy
Land use
trade of food, aid, agricultural inputs
policy of all levels
Who is investing in agriculture
Public sector
private sector
P3 (public-private partnership)
In 2011, only _____ of global public and private R&D investments were targeted at agriculture
5%
T/F: Ag R&D investments from the public are decreasing
T
T/F: Rate of private R&D investments are decreasing
F
Top countries that spends the most on public ag research
Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Why has there been a decoupling of greater food production meaning greater land use?
No longer have to increase in acres to increase in production
How is R&D incentivized?
Protect Intellectual Property Rights through legal (patents, breeder rights, copyright), regulatory (seed act, chemical regulations), non-legal (contracts, environment), and publication
What things can be patented?
Innovations that are novel, useful, and not obvious
Benefits and risks of patents
Benefits - provide incentive of 20yr monopoly use
Risks - trade disclosure for monopoly rights
national application/self-regulating
higher life forms
What are plant breeder rights
provides breeders with rights to new plant varieties
Benefits and risks of plant breeder right’s
Benefits - protect unique varieties for 20 yrs, and 25 yrs for trees and vines
compensation typically through royalties
cost effective
Risks - involve farmers’ privileges and research exemption
What are P3’s
when the public and private actors collaborate on R&D projects in order to reduce innovation risk
Benefits of P3’s
Share risk
collaboration between public (policy) and private (future investors)
Private involvement reduces overall $
Improve quality of research
Examples of P3’s with the college of Ag with companies
CDC (crop development center) and SPG (SK pulse growers)
U of S Global Institute of Food Security (partnership between Nutrien, provincial government, and U of S)
