Derek Byerlee
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Australian agricultural researcher, economist and policy advisor
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Derek Byerlee's Degrees
- PhD Agricultural Economics University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Agricultural Economics University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Agricultural Economics University of New England
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Derek Byerlee is an Australian agricultural researcher, economist and policy advisor. He has held senior positions at Michigan State University, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center and the World Bank.
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Published Works
- World development report 2008 : agriculture for development (2008) (3854)
- Rising Global Interest in Farmland: Can It Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits? (2011) (1579)
- The Rise of Large Farms in Land Abundant Countries: Do They Have a Future? (2011) (447)
- Crop yields and global food security: will yield increase continue to feed the world? (2014) (397)
- Agriculture for Development: Toward a New Paradigm (2009) (341)
- Africa’s Emerging Maize Revolution (1997) (268)
- Maize Revolutions in Sub-Saharan Africa (2011) (265)
- Farmers' Stepwise Adoption of Technological Packages: Evidence from the Mexican Altiplano (1986) (257)
- Does intensification slow crop land expansion or encourage deforestation (2014) (239)
- Economic efficiency of small farmers in a changing world: A survey of recent evidence (1991) (236)
- Green Revolution research saved an estimated 18 to 27 million hectares from being brought into agricultural production (2013) (225)
- Policies to promote cereal intensification in Ethiopia: the search for appropriate public and private roles. (2010) (212)
- Can Technology Deliver on the Yield Challenge to 2050 (2009) (205)
- Rice in the Global Economy: Strategic Research and Policy Issues for Food Security (2010) (199)
- The impacts of CGIAR research: A review of recent evidence (2010) (196)
- Modern varieties, productivity, and sustainability : recent experience and emerging challenges (1996) (195)
- Policies to promote cereal intensification in Ethiopia: A review of evidence and experience (2007) (189)
- Rural-Urban Migration in Africa: Theory, Policy and Research Implications (1974) (172)
- Managing food price risks and instability in a liberalizing market environment: Overview and policy options (2006) (168)
- Impacts of international wheat breeding research in the developing world (1993) (164)
- Productivity growth and sustainability in post-green revolution agriculture : the case of the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs (2001) (154)
- Crop yields and global food security (2014) (149)
- Genetic and agronomic contributions to yield gains: A case study for wheat (1995) (135)
- The rate of crop varietal replacement on farms: measures and empirical results for wheat (1991) (128)
- Technology Adoption in Intensive Post-Green Revolution Systems (2005) (121)
- Agriculture, Rural Development, and Pro-poor Growth Country Experiences in the Post- Reform Era (2005) (121)
- Technical change, productivity and sustainability in irrigated cropping systems of South Asia: Emerging issues in the post-green revolution era (1992) (114)
- National and International Wheat Improvement Research in the Post-Green Revolution Period: Evolution and Impacts (1995) (113)
- Farming Systems Research: Issues in Research Strategy and Technology Design (1982) (110)
- Productivity Growth and Resource Degradation in Pakistan’s Punjab: A Decomposition Analysis* (2000) (103)
- Impacts of food crop improvement research: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. (2000) (103)
- RELATIVE VARIABILITY IN WHEAT YIELDS ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME (1990) (102)
- Wheat Rusts and the Costs of Genetic Diversity in the Punjab of Pakistan (1997) (94)
- Has the green revolution been sustained? The quantitative impact of the seed-fertilizer revolution in Pakistan revisited (1994) (92)
- Factor Intensities and Locational Linkages of Rural Consumption Patterns in Sierra Leone (1978) (89)
- Targeting poverty alleviation in priority setting for agricultural research. (2000) (87)
- The Fall and Rise Again of Plantations in Tropical Asia: History Repeated? (2014) (87)
- Ex Post Evaluation of Economic Impacts of Agricultural Research Programs: a Tour of Good Practice (2000) (83)
- The search for a new paradigm for the development of national agricultural research systems (1998) (69)
- Spring Wheat Diversity in Irrigated Areas of Two Developing Countries (1994) (69)
- Wheat production and grower practices in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico (1992) (69)
- A Joint-Product Analysis of the Adoption of Modern Cereal Varieties in Developing Countries (1993) (65)
- Trends of wheat production in the warmer areas: Major issues and economic considerations (1990) (64)
- Maintaining the Momentum in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture: A Micro-Level Perspective from Asia (1987) (64)
- Crop improvement in the CGIAR as a global success story of open access and international collaboration (2009) (63)
- The Effects of Agricultural Technological Progress on Deforestation: What Do We Really Know? (2014) (62)
- Risk, utility and the value of information in farmer decision making (1982) (57)
- Sense and sustainability revisited: the limits of total factor productivity measures of sustainable agricultural systems (2001) (57)
- Maize research in Sub-Saharan Africa: An overview of past impacts and future prospects (1994) (56)
- Research for marginal environments. Are we underinvested (1993) (54)
- Agriculture, rural development, and pro-poor growth (2005) (51)
- Will Yield Improvements on the Forest Frontier Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? A Global Analysis of Oil Palm (2013) (50)
- Wheat in the rice-based farming system of the punjab : implications for research and extension (1984) (46)
- Technical Change, Labor Use, and Small Farmer Development: Evidence from Sierra Leone (1976) (43)
- Growing Resource Scarcity and Global Farmland Investment (2013) (42)
- Knowledge-intensive crop management technologies: concepts, impacts, and prospects in Asian agriculture. (1998) (42)
- The SDG of zero hunger 75 years on: Turning full circle on agriculture and nutrition (2019) (42)
- Economic Returns to Crop Management Research in a Post-Green Revolution Setting (1992) (41)
- Technology transfer systems for improved crop management: lessons for the future. (1994) (40)
- Value Of Predictors Of Uncontrolled Factors In Response Functions (1969) (40)
- Technical change and returns to wheat breeding research in Pakistan's Punjab in the post-green revolution period (1993) (40)
- Evaluating the Economic Impact of Quality-Reducing, Seed Borne Diseases: Lessons From Karnal Bunt of Wheat (1992) (39)
- Calculating levels of protection: Is it always appropriate to use world reference prices based on current trading status? (1993) (38)
- Food Pricing Policy in Developing Countries: Bias against Agriculture or for Urban Consumers? (1986) (37)
- The global wheat improvement system : prospects for enhancing efficiency in the presence of spillovers (1999) (37)
- Can we feed the world in 2050 (2010) (36)
- Rural Employment, Migration, and Economic Development: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Evidence from Africa. Africa Rural Employment Paper No. 1. (1972) (35)
- Wheat in the Rice-Wheat Cropping System of the Punjab: A Synthesis of On-farm Research Results 1984 -1988 (1989) (32)
- Econometric estimation of a global spillover matrix for wheat varietal technology (1996) (32)
- Reconciling conflicts in sequential cropping patterns through plant breeding: The example of cotton and wheat in Pakistan's Punjab (1987) (31)
- Technical change and wheat productivity in the Indian Punjab in the post green revolution period (1992) (31)
- Option Demand and Consumer Surplus: Comment (1971) (31)
- Linking technical change to research effort: an examination of aggregation and spillovers effects (2001) (30)
- From Public to Private Standards for Tropical Commodities: A Century of Global Discourse on Land Governance on the Forest Frontier (2015) (29)
- Agricultural Systems Intensification and Diversification through Food Legumes: Technological and Policy Options (2000) (28)
- THE FUNDING AND ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN INDIA: EVOLUTION AND EMERGING ISSUES (2003) (28)
- Indirect employment and income distribution effects of agricultural development strategies : a simulation approach applied to Nigeria (1973) (27)
- Research on Migration in Africa: Past, Present, and Future, African Rural Employment Paper No. 2. (1972) (25)
- The Political Economy of Third World Food Imports: The Case of Wheat (1987) (25)
- India: the funding and organization of agricultural R&D - evolution and emerging policy issues. (2006) (24)
- Agribusiness Models for Inclusive Growth in Myanmar: Diagnosis and Ways Forward (2014) (23)
- Technical change in maize production: A global perspective (1994) (22)
- Rural-urban migration in Sierra Leone : determinants and policy implications (1976) (22)
- Income distribution, consumption patterns, and consumption linkages in rural Sierra Leone (1977) (22)
- From adaptive research to farmer recommendations and extension advice (1987) (21)
- Integrating Agronomic and Economic Perspectives into the Diagnostic Stage of On-farm Research (1991) (21)
- Technical change and wheat productivity in post-green revolution Punjab (1991) (21)
- Maintaining productivity gains in post-Green Revolution Asian agriculture. (1998) (21)
- Increasing wheat productivity in the context of Pakistan's irrigated cropping systems: A view from the farmers' field (1986) (21)
- Sustainability of the rice-wheat system in Pakistan's Punjab: how large is the problem? (2003) (20)
- Performance Indicators for Sustainable Agriculture (2002) (19)
- The trade-off between economic efficiency and food self-sufficiency in using Sudan's irrigated land resources (2000) (19)
- Narrowing the Wheat Gap in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Consumption and Production Issues (1993) (19)
- The development of the international center model for agricultural research: A prehistory of the CGIAR (2020) (17)
- Education and Farm Productivity in Post- 'green revolution' Agriculture in Asia (1995) (16)
- Wheat in the world food economy: Increasing role in developing countries (1983) (15)
- Quantifying and Valuing the Joint Production of Grain and Fodder from Maize Fields: Evidence from Northern Pakistan (1989) (14)
- A Macro-Economic Model for Agricultural Sector Analysis (1974) (14)
- Crop management research and extension: The products and their impact on productivity (1992) (13)
- Relative food prices under structural adjustment: Preliminary findings from Latin America (1991) (12)
- The Wheat Breeding Industry in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Investments and Impacts (1993) (12)
- Food Aid and Food Security: A Cautionary Note (1990) (12)
- Center on Food Security and the Environment Stanford Symposium Series on Global Food Policy and Food Security in the 21 st Century African Food Systems to 2030: Toward Inclusive Business Models (2013) (12)
- Employment-Output Conflicts, Factor-Price Distortions, and Choice of Technique: Empirical Results from Sierra Leone (1983) (12)
- Comparative advantage and policy incentives for wheat production in Ecuador (1985) (11)
- Comparative advantage and policy incentives for wheat production in rainfed and irrigated areas of Mexico (1986) (11)
- Sources of Growth in Wheat Yields in Pakistan's Punjab, 1965-2000: Is There a Sustainability Issue? (1990) (11)
- Productivity Growth and Sustainability in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture (2012) (10)
- Bread and butter issues in Ecuadorian food policy: A comparative advantage approach (1989) (10)
- Dryland wheat in India : the impact of technical change and future research challenges (1992) (10)
- Efficiency of research investments in the presence of international spillovers: wheat research in developing countries. (2000) (9)
- Forever pioneers – CIAT: 50 years contributing to a sustainable food future… and counting (2017) (9)
- Role of tractors, tubewells and plant breeding in increasing cropping intensity in Pakistan's Punjab (1990) (9)
- Recent trends and variability in prices of selected crop and livestock products in Pakistan (1987) (9)
- The rate and sequence of adoption of improved cereal technologies : the case of rainfed barley in the Mexican Altiplano (1982) (8)
- The increasing role of wheat consumption and imports in the developing world (1983) (8)
- FACTORS AFFECTING ADOPTION OF SEMI-DWARF WHEATS IN MARGINAL AREAS: EVIDENCE FROM THE RAINFED NORTHERN PUNJAB (1991) (8)
- Wheat in the cotton-wheat farming systems of the punjab : implications for research and extension (1986) (8)
- Rural labor markets in West Africa with emphasis on the semi-arid tropics. (1980) (7)
- New wheat varieties and the small farmer (1982) (7)
- Technology Adaptation and Adoption: The Experience of Seed-Fertiliser Technology and Beyond (1993) (7)
- The globalization of hybrid maize, 1921–70 (2020) (7)
- Plantations and Economic Development in the Twentieth Century: The End of an Era? (2018) (7)
- Factors affecting cropping intensity in Barani areas of Northern Punjab, Pakistan (1988) (7)
- Critical Resource, Technology, and Environmental Issues for Meeting Future Grain Production Needs in Asia (1997) (6)
- Productivity Growth and Resource Degradation in Pakistan's Punjab: A Decomposition Analysis (1999) (6)
- Agricultural development and urban unemployment : a simulation analysis of the Nigerian economy (1971) (6)
- Accelerated wheat production in semi-arid developing regions: Economic and policy issues (1980) (6)
- From land grabs to land development : The past and potential of private investment in frontier agriculture (2017) (6)
- Ex Ante Economic Analysis in AKIS Projects : Methods and Guidelines for Good Practice (2000) (6)
- Rural-Urban Migration in Sierra Leone: Determinants and Policy Implications. African Rural Economy Paper No. 13. (1976) (6)
- Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor: The Role of Development Assistance Agencies (2000) (6)
- Small farms in West Africa : a descriptive analysis of employment, incomes, and productivity in Sierra Leone (1977) (5)
- On-Farm Reserach to Develop Technologies Appropriate to Farmers (1981) (5)
- A Window of Opportunities for Poor Farmers (2008) (5)
- Analytics of Barani farming systems of Northern Punjab: Cropping intensity, crop-livestock interactions and food self-sufficiency (1988) (5)
- An overview of economic issues in wheat research and development in Sub-Saharan Africa (1990) (5)
- Targeting poverty alleviation in priority setting in national research organizations : theory and practice (1999) (5)
- Asian NARS: Frustrations and Fulfilments (1995) (4)
- Wheat in the tropics: economic and policy issues. (1985) (3)
- Monitoring farmers' practices and fields as a continuing activity in on-farm research for evolving cropping systems (1991) (3)
- Irrigated cropping systems of South Asia: technological change and sustainability to the year 2000 and beyond (1991) (3)
- Competitive grants in the new millennium : a global workshop for designers and practitioners - proceedings (2000) (3)
- Performance Indicators for Sustainable Agriculture ( Discussion Note ) October 1998 (2002) (3)
- Maize production in NWFP: a review of technological issues in relation to farmers ` circumstances (2016) (3)
- Farmer managed verification of improved maize technology: Results and experiences from SWAT, 1985 (1986) (3)
- Technical Change, Productivity, and Sustainability in Irrigated Wheat Systems of Asia: Emerging Issues (1990) (3)
- Producer funding of R&D in Africa--an underutilized opportunity to boost commercial agriculture (2019) (2)
- Productivity growth and resource degradation in Pakistan’s Punjab (2019) (2)
- Factors affecting current and potential cropping intensity in the Southern Punjab of Pakistan (1988) (2)
- CALCULATING MEASURES OF PROTECTION: IS IT ALWAYS APPROPRIATE TO USE WORLD REFERENCE PRICES? (1990) (2)
- Maize in the Mampong-Sekodumasi area of Ghana: Results of an exploratory survey (1980) (2)
- Good practices in monitoring and evaluation and management information systems for competitive grant programs in ECA countries (2003) (2)
- Continuous versus discrete economic analysis of experimental data (1980) (2)
- The political economy of wheat consumption and production with special reference to Sub-Saharan Africa. (1988) (2)
- Workshop on International Public Goods Science Council – Alliance of CGIAR Centers – (1)
- Comparing Agricultural Adjustments and Policies via an Agricultural Sector Simulation Model (1971) (1)
- Discussant comments on “ Emerging Land Issues in African Agriculture ” (2012) (1)
- Farmers' practices, production problems and research opportunities in barley production in the Calpulalpan/Apan Valley, Mexico (1980) (1)
- Developing improved crop technologies within the context of Pakistan's multiple cropping systems (1986) (1)
- The Super State: The Political Economy of Phosphate Fertilizer Use in South Australia, 1880–1940 (2021) (1)
- Are We Underinvesting in Research for Marginal Environments? The Example of Wheat in Developing Countries (1991) (0)
- KEYNOTE ADDRESS: A global land rush? (2012) (0)
- Private-sector investment in African agricultural research. (2016) (0)
- Making Agriculture a Development Priority (2008) (0)
- Alston, Julian M., Philip G. Pardey, and Vincent H. Smith, eds. Paying for Agricultural Productivity. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999, 315 pp., price unknown (2001) (0)
- Prioritizing research economically (1997) (0)
- Deriving optimum fertilizer levels: The naive economist versus the practical farmer (1981) (0)
- Plantations versus the people: Explaining the diversity of land policies within the tropical British Empire (2017) (0)
- New Wheat Varieties and Small Farmers (1983) (0)
- Agriculture and Rural Development in a Globalizing World Challenges and Opportunities (2017) (0)
- A Macro-Economic Model for Agricultural Sector Analysis: Errata (1975) (0)
- Opposing perspectives on agricultural intensification and land use change 2 . 1 Land saving effects : The Borlaug hypothesis (2011) (0)
- RECENT TRENDS AND VARIABILITY IN PRICES OF SELECfED CROP AND LNESTOCK PRODUCTS IN PAKISTAN (2012) (0)
- Productivity In the Indian P nJ b in the Post Green Revol (2011) (0)
- BEST COPY railL ' A . k , THE AF-RICAN RURAL LMPLt ' YMENT SRO (2011) (0)
- Fertilizer response in irrigated maize in the Swat Valley: A synthesis of five years of on-farm research (1991) (0)
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