International comparisons

Sources of data:

•  USA:: USDA Department of Agriculture: Economic Research Service: Data Sets: Agricultural Research Funding in the Public and Private Sectors http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/AgResearchFunding/
  
•  UK:  EU Cordis erawatch Expenditures on R&D http://cordis.europa.eu/erawatch/index.cfm?fuseaction=ri.content&topicID=73&parentID=71&countryCode=GB
•  FR:  EU Cordis erawatch Expenditures on R&D http://cordis.europa.eu/erawatch/index.cfm?fuseaction=ri.content&topicID=73&parentID=71&countryCode=FR
•  IT:  EU Cordis erawatch Expenditures on R&D http://cordis.europa.eu/erawatch/index.cfm?fuseaction=ri.content&topicID=73&parentID=71&countryCode=IT

Details:
(1) Definitions of data:

•  USA/USDA Private R&D plus public R&D, adjusted for inflation (R&D deflator = 1 in 2001)
•  UK/EU Cordis Civil GBAORD by socio-economic objective: 'Agricultural production and technology'
•  FR/EU Cordis  Civil GBAORD by socio-economic objective: 'Agricultural production and technology'
•  IT/EU Cordis  Civil GBAORD by socio-economic objective: 'Agricultural production and technology'

(2) Conversion factors, Populations:

•  USA  304.06 million
•  UK    61.40 million
•  FR    62.05 million
•  IT     59.85 million
  

(3) Conversion factors, Currency:

1 USD = 0.73 Euro
(Data for UK quoted in Euros; exchange rate Euros::UKP not found)