Technology, human capital, and the world food problem

Abstract

elected its youngest Fellow ever, and has received more research awards from that Association than any other person. He is also a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vernon Ruttan is a creative and scholarly researcher, a prodigious writer, a surveyor of stimulating ideas, and a sought-after adviser to governments on science and technology policy. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation recognizes him for outstanding research in the economics of technical change, the theory of agricultural development, and science and technology policy. Dr. Ruttan's research is notable because it shows how science and technology ease constraints to economic development, provide more abundant food, and improve living standards worldwide.