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Table 4-4. Total public and private agricultural R&D expenditures in selected OECD countries 1981 to 2000. Source: Pardey et al., 2006

 

Private share of total (percent)

(percent per year)

Country

1981

1991

2000

1981-91

1991-2000

Australia

5.9

22.0

24.8

15.3

4.0

Canada

17.3

21.5

34.0

2.5

5.5

France

44.1

52.0

74.7

8.2

2.7

Germany

56.2

43.6

53.6

2.4

0.7

Japan

36.6

48.4

58.6

7.5

1.8

The Netherlands

44.8

56.1

57.7

9.3

1.1

United Kingdom

55.9

66.8

71.5

6.0

1.7

United States

49.3

51.0

51.5

3.6

2.4

OECD total (22)

43.6

48.5

54.3

5.2

2.1

Note: 2000 international dollars.
Average annual growth rates calculated using the least-squares regression method, as described by the World Bank, 2006). In 1981, private sector agricultural R&D spending was estimated to be $6,422 million, $9,930 million in 1991, and $12, 086 million in 2000.

Table 4-6. Aid to agriculture 1970 to 2004. Source: Pardey et al., 2006, adapted from Alston, Dehmer and Pardey, 2006.

 

 

Bilateral aid

Year

Total official development assistance (ODA) (million 2000 U.S. dollars)

Amount (million 2000 U.S. dollars)

Share to agriculture (percent)

1970

24,719

20, 886

4.91

1975

35, 448

26, 233

11.13

1980

49, 166

31,875

16.63

1985

41,773

30, 782

15.93

1990

67, 071

47, 540

11.39

1995

64, 077

44, 129

9.82

2000

53, 749

36, 064

6.36

2003

65, 502

47, 222

4.22

2004

74, 483a

50, 700a

n/a

Note: n/a indicates not available
a preliminary estimate