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Agricultural Economics Research and The Experiment Station System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2016

David L. Debertin
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky
Garnett L. Bradford
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky

Abstract

This paper discusses the role of agricultural economics research within the land-grant university system. Fundamental differences between research in the biological sciences and the social sciences are delineated. Implications of these differences for experiment station research programs are discussed. Recommendations are made which have potential for enhancing the role of agricultural economics within colleges of agriculture.

Type
Submitted Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1987

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