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Productivity Commission recommends renovation of rural R&D : Comments

By Andrew Campbell, published 4/10/2010

Rural and regional affairs and infrastructure are expected to enjoy new prominence in the new parliament.

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I agree with Andrew's comments but would go further by saying that the Commission has probably underestimated the second and succeeding round effects of rural commodity R&D on both agriculture and the wider community. While these are hard to estimate history has shown they are often (esp strategically) significant. In fact one of the things that positioned the US after the Great Depression was the then Secretary for Agriculture convincing the President to increase agricultural research in preparation for the economic recovery. That is why there was significant change in US agriculture after the 1930's.
Posted by NoelB, Monday, 4 October 2010 11:07:38 AM
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