Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Lawrence Mose, Titus Kibet, Rosemary Emongor, Festus Murithi, Irene Kimani, Virginia Ndungu, and Peterson Mwangi
Year:
2018
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization
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Background and key trends
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Lang Gao, and Petronella Chaminuka
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute
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In terms of agricultural research investment and capacity levels, as of 2014 South Africa ranked second from a regional perspective, after Nigeria. Investment in agricultural research rebounded between 2008 and 2013 in inflation adjusted terms, after a period of decline. In 2014, South Africa’s agricultural research spending as a share of AgGDP was unusually high by African standards (2.78 percent), but levels appear to have contracted since then.
Authors:
Lang Gao, Nienke Beintema, and John Momoh
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute
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Strong investment growth
Agricultural research spending grew by 70 percent during 2011–2014, sharply contrasting the modest growth during 2008–2011. This shift almost entirely resulted from a substantial increase in the number of researchers employed at SLARI, the country’s main agricultural research agency. Despite this overall upward trend, however, the country still invests a very low share of its AgGDP in agricultural research—0.24 percent in 2014, which is well below the recommended 1 percent target set by the African Union and the United Nations.
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Abdullahi Mohammed Nasir, and Lang Gao
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria
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Lack of funding diversity
Authors:
Nienke Beintema
Year:
2017
Publisher
Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security
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Abstract
Authors:
Léa Vicky Magne Domgho, Rivonjaka Randriamanamisa, and Gert-Jan Stads
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and National Center for Applied Research and Rural Development
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Severe underinvestment
Madagascar’s political and economic instability have had a severe adverse impact on the country’s agricultural research spending in recent years. Expenditure levels dropped by 40 percent between 2008 and 2010, and have only slowly increased since. Spending just 0.13 percent of AgGDP on agricultural research in 2014, Madagascar’s agricultural research intensity ratio is one of the lowest in Africa.
Aging research capacity
Authors:
Léa Vicky Magne Domgho, Famoï Béavogui, Sékou Diawara, and Gert-Jan Stads
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Guinean Agricultural Research Institute
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Rebound in spending
Authors:
Léa Vicky Magne Domgho, Lunze Lubanga, and Gert-Jan Stads
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and National Agricultural Study and Research Institute
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Rapid rise in spending
Authors:
Léa Vicky Magne Domgho, Antonio Fortes, and Kathleen Flaherty
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and National Agricultural Research and Development Institute
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Declining spending
Agricultural research spending in Cabo Verde declined between 2012 and 2014 due to government budget cuts and the completion of a large research project cofinanced by the European Union. Although the country’s agricultural research spending as a share of AgGDP (at 0.95 percent in 2014) is well above the African average, considerable investment is needed for capacity building and laboratory equipment.
Limited capacity
Authors:
Léa Vicky Magne Domgho, Ferdinand Nganyirinda, Marie-Chantal Niyuhire, and Gert-Jan Stads
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Institute of Agricultural Science of Burundi
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Funding volatility
During the years immediately following the country’s 2003 peace agreement, donor funding to agricultural research flowed rapidly, prompting increased spending. Growing violence and deepening political corruption in more recent years caused many donors to suspend or cut aid, with negative effects on the country’s agricultural research expenditures. As of 2014, Burundi invested 0.46 percent of its AgGDP in agricultural research, well below the minimum investment target recommended by the African Union and the United Nations.