eprintid: 9138
rev_number: 10
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1305
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datestamp: 2015-11-17 09:50:52
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creators_name: Kamanda, J
creators_name: Birner, R
creators_name: Bantilan, C
icrisatcreators_name: Bantilan, C
affiliation: Division of Social and Institutional Change in Agricultural Development, University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: Germany
country: India
title: The "Efficient Boundaries" of International Agricultural Research: A Conceptual Framework with Empirical Illustrations
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2
subjects: s2.4
divisions: D6
crps: crp1.14
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: CGIAR, Agricultural innovation, Comparative advantage, Research spillovers, Transaction costs
abstract: The role of international agricultural research centers (IARCs) has long been a
subject of discussion, often with emphasis that they should conduct research that
produces international public goods (IPGs). However, centers still face a dilemma on
how to balance between IPGs and location-specific work. This paper contributes to
the development of principles by which they should position themselves. Transaction
cost economics was applied to develop a framework, which is then illustrated with an
empirical case study of legume research at the International Crops Research Institute
for the Semi-Arid Tropics. A participatory mapping technique (Net-Map) was
combined with key informant interviews in India, Malawi and Ethiopia. We find that
IARCS play an important role in germplasm improvement, the field in which they
have a comparative advantage. However, due to insufficient capacity of national
systems, they also engage in downstream activities. This reduces incentives for
governments and donors to overcome governance challenges.
date: 2015-08
date_type: published
pagerange: 01-39
event_title: International Association of Agricultural Economists
event_location: Milan, Italy
event_dates: August 9-14, 2015
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   Kamanda, J and Birner, R and Bantilan, C  (2015) The "Efficient Boundaries" of International Agricultural Research: A Conceptual Framework with Empirical Illustrations.  In: International Association of Agricultural Economists, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/9138/1/Efficient%20Boundaries_%20of%20International%20Agricultural%20Research-687.pdf