Authors:
Léa Vicky Magne Domgho, Samuel Neya, and Gert-Jan Stads
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute
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WAAPP drives spending growth
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Percy Chipunza, and Lang Gao
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute
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Strong investment growth
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Rhoda Mumba, Moses Mwala, and Lang Gao
Year:
2016
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Zambia Agriculture Research Institute
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Donor-led investment growth
Despite decreasing government funding, agricultural research spending in Zambia grew by 70 percent during 2008–2014 as a result of a large influx of funding through a World Bank loan, associated with APPSA, and additional donor contributions. Despite this strong growth, as of 2014 Zambia only invested 0.51 percent of its AgGDP in agricultural research, half the 1 percent minimum recommended by the African Union and the United Nations.
Donor dependency at ZARI
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Daniel Kitone, and Ambrose Agona
Year:
2016
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and National Agricultural Research Organisation
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Continuing growth
Agricultural R&D spending continued its growth path during 2011–2014. Total agricultural spending, adjusted for inflation, was three times higher in 2014 than in 2000. This growth was the result of increased government and donor support to NARO combined with the establishment of new universities. Consequently, the country’s 2014 research intensity ratio nearly reached the recommended 1 percent target set by the African Union and the United Nations.
Capacity strengthening at NARO
Authors:
Léa Vicky Magne Domgho, Antoine Kpodo, and Gert-Jan Stads
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Togolese Agricultural Research Institute
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Severe underinvestment
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Demba Jallow, and Sandra Perez
Year:
2016
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and National Agricultural Research Institute
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Volatile research spending
Over time, agricultural research funding in The Gambia has been volatile and highly donordependent. Spending increased from 2010 with the initiation of activities under WAAPP to enhance the country’s research on rice and other cereals. The World Bank loan–funded project focuses on capacity building and technology generation and adoption. Limited growth in the country’s total number of researchers mostly stemmed from increased capacity within the government sector. Capacity in the higher education sector is very small.
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Deogratias Lwezuara, and Bernadetha Munishi
Year:
2016
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Department of Research and Development
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Serious underinvestment
Volatility in yearly government and donor funding caused agricultural research spending to fluctuate during 2000–2014 and decline from 2010, despite additional funding from a World Bank loan through EAAPP. Underinvestment in agricultural R&D is serious. As of 2014, funding levels appeared to be rebounding, but Tanzania still only invested 0.29 percent of its AgGDP in agricultural R&D, well below the African Union and the United Nation’s recommended 1 percent target.
Serious capacity constraints
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Patricia Carmichael, and Sandra Perez
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Department of Agricultural Research and Specialist Services
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Declining government support
Authors:
Léa Vicky Magne Domgho, Lamine Gaye, and Gert-Jan Stads
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute
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Increased investment
Authors:
Gert-Jan Stads, Biba Yacouba, and Léa Vicky Magne Domgho
Year:
2016
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Niger National Institute of Agricultural Research
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Slow funding recovery
The completion of the World Bank–funded PNRA in 1998 plunged Niger’s agricultural research into severe financial crisis lasting more than a decade. Since 2009, agricultural research capacity and investment levels have gradually begun to recover, in large part due to another World Bank loan–funded project, WAAPP, which is intended to support the country’s livestock research; various capacity building initiatives; and the generation, dissemination, and adoption of new technologies.
Ongoing underinvestment