An Economic Guideline for Applied Agricultural Research 'Minimum Yield Increase Requirements' (MYR)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a method with which the economic viability (ex-ante and ex-post) of a certain class of agricultural experiments can be evaluated using farmer costs and prices. The starting point is that most research at the international agricultural centers is applied. In other words, such research is conducted with a view to the rapid transfer of results to farmers. This is why centers like ICARDA with a farming systems perspective emphasize the technical and economic viability of research results under farmer conditions. In this paper, a criterion for evaluating the economic viability of certain experiments is presented. It is hoped that it will be honed to be utilized by researchers to critically evaluate experiments and projects.