@article{Gutierrez:296786,
      recid = {296786},
      author = {Gutierrez, Nicolas and Ferraro, Bruno},
      title = {Proceedings: 3rd International Conference on Food and  Agricultural Economics: PUBLIC POLICIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL  STRUCTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION: SYNERGIES  BETWEEN POLICY-MAKING AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE GENERATION  IN URUGUAY},
      address = {2019-04},
      number = {2316-2019-4896},
      pages = {16},
      year = {2019},
      abstract = {Global population is expected to reach 9.7 billionon  2050(UN). This will requireincreasing food production by  approximately 70%. Therefore, the performance of  agricultural production systems and processes should be  improved. The growing food demand anticipated for 2050is  expected to increase the impact of agricultural production  on the environment (Davis et al., 2016). Consequently,  robust public policy frameworks will be required to oversee  relevant environmental issues (Albright et al., 2016).In  this context, the concept of sustainable agricultural  intensification has been adopted in the last decade by the  major international organizations (FAO, CGIAR, World Bank,  etc). Under these changing circumstances the organizational  system around agriculture and food production will face the  challenge of designing and implementing robust policies  aimed at promoting sustainable intensification. From their  side, R&D organizations are called to generate the  knowledge required to ensure the sustainability of  production systems. The present study contributesto  understanding the interactiondynamics between agri-food  research and public policy-makingin order to strengthen  sustainable intensification processes. The methodological  approach involved two main components: (i)a survey of  public policies promoting sustainable intensification in  Uruguay, and (ii) an in-depth study of a single policy that  required intensive use of scientific knowledge as well as a  fluent interaction between public research organizations  and policy-makers during the whole policy process.  Particular attention was placed on such interaction and the  dynamics of the use of scientific knowledge as the basis of  policy-making processes. The results showed an increasing  implementation of policies intended to promote sustainable  agricultural intensification. Moreover, we founda marked  trend towards the use of some types of policy instruments,  particularlyPublic Support Programs, Hence, there was small  diversity of in therange of policy instruments designed and  implemented by policy-making organizations. Compared to  other studies, there is space for a greater use of other  policy mechanisms such asdirected economic incentives for  the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. The is  a need for more coordinated policy cycles involving greater  interactionand common agendas between policy-makers and  research organizations. The identified policies address  different dimensions of sustainability; greater attention  is required on freshwater use and conservation. In  addition, we found scarce knowledge generation intended to  develop policy monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, as  well as to assessing the impact of production systems on  natural resources and their long-term sustainability.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/296786},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.296786},
}