Citation:

Chapter 6. RE Evenson. 1996. Priority-setting methods. Pages 91-105. In: RE Evenson, RW Herdt, M Hossain. 1996. Rice Research in Asia: Progress and Priorities. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon OX108DE, UK and International Rice Research Institute, PO Box 933, 1099 Manila, Philippines. 405 pages.

Keywords: rice Oryza sativa, ex ante project evaluation principles, research program areas and units, the demand side of priority setting, measuring crop losses and yield gap consistency, the use of ex post evidence in priority setting, subjective probability estimates, issues/adjusting, sustainability, unfavorable

ecosystem, equity, weak national agricultural research, environmental effects, orphan research priority areas