As we look across the 21st century, we see that agriculture faces a series of new challenges that will require a renewed commitment to innovation and advanced technology development. Private industry will play an important role in the research required to meet these challenges, just as it does today in areas directly related to product development. But much of the necessary research is unlikely to result in new products in a time horizon short enough to incent the private sector to shoulder the entire research burden. Moreover, many of these challenges are clearly in the public domain, as...
As we look across the 21st century, we see that agriculture faces a series of new challenges that will require a renewed commitment to innovation and ...
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The United States has been the leading producer of manufactured goods for more than 100 years, and the manufacturing sector is once again adding jobs and opening new factories at its fastest rate in two decades. The United States has long thrived as a result of its ability to manufacture goods and sell them to global markets. Manufacturing drives knowledge production and innovation in the United States by supporting two-thirds of private sector research and development and by employing the vast majority of U.S. scientists, engineers, and technicians to invent and produce new products. Yet, in...
The United States has been the leading producer of manufactured goods for more than 100 years, and the manufacturing sector is once again adding jobs ...
