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Kathleen Flaherty and David Kamangira

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2014

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International Food Policy Research Institute and Department of Agricultural Research Services.

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Agricultural R&D spending in Malawi more than doubled between 2008 and 2011, due to growth in both government and donor funding.

As a result of this increased spending, the share of AgGDP invested in agricultural research reached 1.03 percent, meeting the 1-percent target recommended by NEPAD and the United Nations.

The total number of agricultural researchers grew substantially during 2008–2011, although the new recruits were predominantly younger, BSc-qualified researchers.

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Authors:

Kathleen Flaherty and Mark Yarnlay

Year:

2014

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International Food Policy Research Institute and Central Agricultural Research Institute

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Since the end of civil war in 2003, lack of funding has hampered the rebuilding of research capacity and infrastructure at Liberia’s main agricultural research agency, CARI, and two higher agricultural education agencies. Despite the country’s need for agricultural development, its investment in agricultural research as a share of AgGDP (that is, its research intensity ratio) was only 0.42 in 2011.

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Nienke Beintema, Lawrence Mose, Michael Rahija, Peterson Mwangi, and Rosemary Emongor

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2014

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International Food Policy Research Institute and Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

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Public agricultural R&D spending increased by 11 percent during 2008–2011 as a result of strong growth at CRF and other government agencies involved in agricultural research.

Although government funding for agricultural research has been strong and stable over time, total funding levels have fluctuated in response to high, but variable, levels of donor support—including development bank loans—to Kenya’s main agricultural research agency, KARI.

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Gert-Jan Stads, Famoï Béavogui, and Léa Vicky Magne Domgho

Year:

2014

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International Food Policy Research Institute and Guinean Agricultural Research Institute

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Agricultural R&D spending levels have gradually risen since 2008 due to increased government support.

The number of agricultural researchers has also increased steadily in recent years; however, two-thirds of the country’s researchers only hold BSc degrees, and many PhD-qualified researchers are approaching retirement age.

Accounting for just 4 percent of researchers, women are severely underrepresented in agricultural R&D in Guinea, especially given that the country’s agricultural labor force is predominantly female.

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Authors:

Gert-Jan Stads, Léa Vicky Magne Domgho, and Simão Gomes

Year:

2014

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International Food Policy Research Institute and National Agricultural Research Institute

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In 2011, Guinea-Bissau spent just 0.02 percent of its agricultural GDP on agricultural research—by far the lowest level in Africa (and the rest of the developing world).

INPA is the nation’s only agricultural R&D agency. Funding for its R&D programs is entirely dependent upon donors and is extremely limited, volatile, and in some years nonexistent. As a result, many of INPA’s research programs are unfunded.

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Authors:

Nienke Beintema, Gert-Jan Stads, Kathleen Flaherty

Year:

2014

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The e-Atlas project

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Absolute levels of staffing in public agriculture research and development (R&D) vary considerably across the 39 countries in Africa south of the Sahara participating in the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicator (ASTI) survey (Map 1). In 2011, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, and Tanzania each employed more than 500 full-time equivalent (FTE) researchers each1.

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Gert-Jan Stads, Kathleen Flaherty, Nienke Beintema

Year:

2014

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The e-Atlas project

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Growth in public agriculture research and development (R&D) spending levels in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA)  varied widely from 2008 to 2011 (Map 1). Continentwide growth was driven by a handful of larger countries. However, 13 of the 39 countries for which Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) data are available experienced negative annual growth in public agricultural R&D spending during 2008/09–2011.1

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