R&D Evaluation Agtrans Research has a wide experience in the review and evaluation of agricultural and natural resource related R&D investment. This includes extensive experience in the use of cost-benefit analysis as a tool for research evaluation. Clients in this area have come from both the public and private sectors. Evaluations have been undertaken on many scales, ranging from single projects to entire R&D portfolios.
Examples of completed projects that are publicly available include:
- Impact Evaluation of the Farm Health and Safety Joint Venture (See web site: www.rirdc.gov.au)
- Land & Water Australia's Portfolio Return on Investment & Evaluation Case Studies - Report (See web site: www.lwa.gov.au)
- Assessment of the Impact of the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation Completed Projects (2001) (See web site: www.fwprdc.org.au)
- Assessment of Representative Investment by the CRC for Tropical Plant Protection over the period 1992 to 2006 (See web site: www.tpp.uq.edu.au)
A sample of relevant publications include:
- Chudleigh, P D, Simpson S L and Schofield N (2006) “Economic Evaluation of R&D Investment in Natural Resource Management”, Evaluation Journal of Australasia”, Vol 6 No 2, pp37-48.
- Chudleigh, P D. and Simpson, S L (2000) "The National Eutrophication Management Program - A Review". Occasional Paper No. 5/00, Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation.
- Chudleigh P D and Bramwell T M (2000) "Review of the National Program for Irrigation R&D 1993-1998", Occasional Paper No 8/00, Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation, Canberra
- Chudleigh P D (2000) "Investment in Natural Resources R&D: a Synthesis of Life-of-Project Evaluations", Impacts of Research Series No IRO1/00, Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation, Canberra.
- Chudleigh P D and Bond K A (1993) (eds.) "Gains for Grain - Volume 4: Benefit-Cost Methods in Research Evaluation", Grains Research and
Development Corporation, Canberra.
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