Carl E. Pray is an associate professor. of agricultural economics, Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. He directed a major series of studies of the performance of Asian agricultural research systems while a staff member at the University of Minnesota. Vernon W. Ruttan is a Regents Professor of Economics and Agricultural Economics and an adjunct professor in the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

• Preface -- Global Perspective -- Introduction -- Investment in Agricultural Research and Extension* -- The Contribution of the CGIAR Centers to World Agricultural Research -- Toward A Global Agricultural Research System* -- Crisis and Reform in the U.S. Agricultural Research System -- Introduction -- A Century of Science in Agriculture: Lessons for Science Policy* -- Priority Setting in Agricultural Research* -- Technology Transfer, Public Policy, and the Cooperative Extension Service* -- Mobilizing Support for Agricultural Research at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station -- Anticipating Advances in Crop Technology* -- Research Organization and Reform in Developing Countries -- Introduction -- Agricultural Research Organization in the Developing World: Diversity and Evolution* -- The Evolution of Farming Systems and Agricultural Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa* -- Low Input Technologies for Sustainable Agricultural Systems -- Agricultural Research in Nigeria: Organization and Policy -- Mobilizing Political Support for the Brazilian Agricultural Research System -- The Use of Events Analysis in Evaluating National Research Systems -- The Emerging Role of the Private Sector in Agricultural Research -- Introduction -- Private Sector Agricultural Research in the United States* -- Private Sector Agricultural Research in Asia* -- Food Transnational Corporations and Developing Countries: The Case of the Improved Seed Industry in Mexico* -- Support Structures for Technology Transfer in Agriculture -- Private Sector Agricultural Invention in Developing Countries -- Agriculture: Research Planning Paralyzed by Pork-Barrel Politics* -- Science for Agriculture