Byerlee, Derek IFPRI Board Vice Chair, IFPRI

selected publications

• article

  • The development of the international center model for agricultural research: A prehistory of the CGIAR.  World Development.  135:105080. 2020
  • Forever pioneers ? CIAT: 50 years contributing to a sustainable food future? and counting 2017
  • Private-sector investment in African agricultural research 2016
  • Does intensification slow crop land expansion or encourage deforestation?.  GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT.  3:92-98. 2014
  • Green Revolution research saved an estimated 18 to 27 million hectares from being brought into agricultural production.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  110:8363-8368. 2013
  • Policies to promote cereal intensification in Ethiopia: the search for appropriate public and private roles..  Food Policy.  35:185-194. 2010
  • Policies to promote cereal intensification in Ethiopia: A review of evidence and experience 2007
  • The global wheat improvement system : prospects for enhancing efficiency in the presence of spillovers 1999
  • Critical Resource, Technology, and Environmental Issues for Meeting Future Grain Production Needs in Asia.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics.  79:1480-1484. 1997
  • Wheat rusts and the costs of genetic diversity in the Punjab of Pakistan.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics.  79:726-737. 1997
  • Past and potential impacts of maize research in sub-Saharan Africa: a critical assessment.  Food Policy.  21:255-277. 1996
  • Genetic and agronomic contributions to yield gains: A case study for wheat.  Field Crops Research.  44:55-65. 1995
  • National and international wheat improvement research in the post-green revolution period: evolution and impacts 1995
  • Rice Research in Asia: Fulfillments and frustrations 1995
  • Has the green revolution been sustained? The quantitative impact of the seed-fertilizer revolution in Pakistan revisited.  World Development.  22:1345-1361. 1994
  • Impacts of the training and visit extension system on farmers' knowledge and adoption of technology: Evidence from Pakistan.  Agricultural Economics.  10:39-47. 1994
  • Spring wheat diversity in irrigated areas of two developing countries 1994
  • Calculating levels of protection: Is it always appropriate to use world reference prices based on current trading status?.  World Development.  21:805-815. 1993
  • Agricultural research strategies for favoured and marginal areas: The experience of farming systems research in Pakistan.  Experimental Agriculture.  29:155-171. 1993
  • A JOINT-PRODUCT ANALYSIS OF THE ADOPTION OF MODERN CEREAL VARIETIES IN DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics.  75:981-989. 1993
  • Impacts of international wheat breeding research in the developing world, 1966-90 1993
  • La funcion de los economistas en los institutos nacionales de investigacion agricola 1993
  • La investigación y la extensión sobre el manejo de cultivos: Los productos y sus efectos en la productividad 1993
  • NARROWING THE WHEAT GAP IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - A REVIEW OF CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION ISSUES.  Economic Development and Cultural Change.  41:737-761. 1993
  • Narrowing the wheat gap in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review of consumption and production issues 1993
  • RESEARCH FOR MARGINAL ENVIRONMENTS - ARE WE UNDERINVESTED.  Food Policy.  18:381-393. 1993
  • Research for marginal environments: Are we underinvested? 1993
  • Technology adaptation and adoption: The experience of seed-fertilizer technology and beyond 1993
  • Technical change, productivity and sustainability in irrigated cropping systems of South Asia: Emerging issues in the post-green revolution era.  Journal of International Development.  4:477-496. 1992
  • Evaluating the economic impact of quality-reducing, seed-borne diseases: Lessons from Karnal bunt of wheat.  Agricultural Economics.  6:345-352. 1992
  • Crop management research and extension: The products and their impact on productivity 1992
  • Dryland wheat in India: The impact of technical change and future research challenges 1992
  • ECONOMIC RETURNS TO CROP MANAGEMENT RESEARCH IN A POST-GREEN REVOLUTION SETTING.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics.  74:573-582. 1992
  • INTEGRATING AGRONOMIC AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES INTO THE DIAGNOSTIC STAGE OF ON-FARM RESEARCH.  Experimental Agriculture.  27:95-114. 1991
  • Economic efficiency of small farmers in a changing world: A survey of recent evidence.  Journal of International Development.  3:1-27. 1991
  • Fertilizer response in irrigated maize in the Swat Valley: A synthesis of five years of on-farm research 1991
  • Food Aid and Food Security: A Cautionary Note.  Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-revue Canadienne D Agroeconomie.  39:163-175. 1991
  • RELATIVE FOOD-PRICES UNDER STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT - PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM LATIN-AMERICA.  Food Policy.  16:74-84. 1991
  • Relative food prices under structural adjustment: Preliminary findings from Latin America 1991
  • Role of tractors, tubewells and plant breeding in increasing cropping intensity in Pakistan's Punjab.  Agricultural Economics.  4:13-25. 1990
  • Perdidas economicas ocasionadas por el carbon parcial del trigo en Mexico 1990
  • Sources of growth in wheat yields in Pakistan's Punjab, 1965-2000: Is there a sustainability issue? 1990
  • Technical change and returns to wheat breeding research in Pakistan's Punjab in the post-green revolution period 1990
  • Bread and butter issues in Ecuadorian food policy: A comparative advantage approach.  World Development.  17:1585-1596. 1989
  • Quantifying and valuing the joint production of grain and fodder from maize fields: Evidence from Northern Pakistan.  Experimental Agriculture.  25:435-445. 1989
  • Strengthening linkages in agricultural research through a farming systems perspective: the role of social scientists.  Experimental Agriculture.  24:137-151. 1988
  • Economic efficiency of small farmers in a changing world: A survey of recent evidence 1988
  • Factors affecting cropping intensity in Barani areas of Northern Punjab, Pakistan 1988
  • From adaptive research to farmer recommendations and extension advice.  Agricultural Administration and Extension.  27:231-244. 1987
  • Reconciling conflicts in sequential cropping patterns through plant breeding: The example of cotton and wheat in Pakistan's Punjab.  Agricultural Systems.  24:291-304. 1987
  • Food Pricing Policy in Developing Countries: Bias against Agriculture or for Urban Consumers?.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics.  68:961-969. 1986
  • Farmers' Stepwise Adoption of Technological Packages: Evidence from the Mexican Altiplano.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics.  68:519-527. 1986
  • Comparative advantage and policy incentives for wheat production in rainfed and irrigated areas of Mexico 1986
  • Farmer managed verification of improved maize technology: Results and experiences from SWAT, 1985 1986
  • Increasing wheat productivity in the context of Pakistan's irrigated cropping systems: A view from the farmers' field 1986
  • Ventaja comparativa y politicas agrarias de la produccion de trigo en zonas irrigadas y de secano en Mexico 1986
  • Wheat in the cotton-wheat farming systems of the Punjab: implications for research and extension 1986
  • Ventajas comparativas y politica agricola para la produccion de trigo en Ecuador 1985
  • Wheat in the rice-based farming system of the Punjab: Implications for research and extension 1984
  • Wheat in the world food economy: Increasing role in developing countries.  Food Policy.  8:67-75. 1983
  • Farming Systems Research: Issues in Research Strategy and Technology Design.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics.  64:897-904. 1982
  • Risk, utility and the value of information in farmer decision making 1982
  • Factors affecting reliability in age estimation in rural West Africa: a statistical analysis.  Population Studies-a Journal of Demography.  35:455-465. 1981
  • Deriving optimum fertilizer levels: The naive economist versus the practical farmer 1981
  • Accelerated wheat production in semi-arid developing regions: Economic and policy issues 1980
  • Maize in the Mampong-Sekodumasi area of Ghana: Results of an exploratory survey 1980

• book

  • Rice in the global economy, strategic research and policy issues for food security 2010

• document

  • Siempre pioneros ? CIAT: 50 años contribuyendo a la sostenibilidad alimentaria futura 2017
  • The birth of CIMMYT : pioneering the idea and ideals of international agricultural research 2016
  • India: The funding and organization of Agricultural R&D-evolution and emerging policy issues 2006
  • Modern varieties, productivity, and sustainability : recent experience and emerging challenges 1994
  • Technical change in maize production: A global perspective 1994
  • Technical change and returns to wheat breeding research in Pakistan's Punjab in the post-green revolution period 1993
  • Technical change and wheat productivity in the Indian Punjab in the post green revolution period 1992
  • Wheat production and grower practices in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico 1992
  • FSR: Achievements, deficiencies and challenges for the 1990s 1991
  • Factors affecting adoption of semi dwarf wheats in marginal areas: Evidence from the rainfed Northern Punjab 1991
  • Food aid and food security: A cautionary note 1991
  • Irrigated cropping systems of South Asia: technological change and sustainability to the year 2000 and beyond 1991
  • Technical change and wheat productivity in post-green revolution Punjab 1991
  • The rate of crop varietal replacement on farms: measures and empirical results for wheat 1991
  • Diagnosing research priorities for small farmers: Experiences from on-farm research in Pakistan 1989
  • Wheat in the rice-wheat cropping system of the Punjab: A synthesis of On-farm research results 1984-1988 1989
  • Analytics of Barani farming systems of Northern Punjab: Cropping intensity, crop-livestock interactions and food self-sufficiency 1988
  • Strengthening linkages in agricultural research through farming systems perspective: The role of social scientists 1988
  • Quantifying and valuing the joint production of grain and fodder from maize fields in Northern Pakistan 1987
  • Recent trends and variability in prices of selected crop and livestock products in Pakistan 1987
  • The political economy of third world food imports: The case of wheat 1987
  • Comparative advantage and policy incentives for wheat production in Ecuador 1985
  • The increasing role of wheat consumption and imports in the developing world 1983
  • La tasa y la secuencia de adopcion de tecnologias cerealeras mejoradas: El caso de la cebada de secano en el Altiplano Mexicano 1982
  • The rate and sequence of adoption of improved cereal technologies: The case of rainfed barley in the Mexican Altiplano 1982
  • Continuous versus discrete economic analysis of experimental data 1980
  • Farmers' practices, production problems and research opportunities in barley production in the Calpulalpan/Apan Valley, Mexico 1980

• report

  • Agriculture, rural development, and pro-poor growth, country experiences in the post-reform era 2005

• working paper

  • Producer funding of R&D in Africa, an underutilized opportunity to boost commercial agriculture 2011
  • The growing opportunities for African agricultural development 2011

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