2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the inception of ASTI. To highlight this important milestone, the program released a Series of Notes focusing on—and updating—some of the key advancements and insights ASTI data have enabled in the past 20 years. This note focuses on the evolution of women’s participation in agricultural research.

2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the inception of ASTI. To highlight this important milestone, the program released a Series of Notes focusing on—and updating—some of the key advancements and insights ASTI data have enabled in the past 20 years. This note focuses on the prevalence of volatility in long-term funding (and hence spending) trends, largely stemming from high levels of donor dependence.

2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the inception of ASTI. To highlight this important milestone, the program released a Series of Notes focusing on—and updating—some of the key advancements and insights ASTI data have enabled in the past 20 years. This note focuses on the challenge in many countries, particularly in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA), of disproportionate shares of PhD-qualified researchers in their 50s and 60s.

2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the inception of ASTI. To highlight this important milestone, the program released a Series of Notes focusing on—and updating—some of the key advancements and insights ASTI data have enabled in the past 20 years. This note focuses on the prevalence of underinvestment in agricultural research among developing countries, especially those with small- to medium-size research systems.

2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the inception of ASTI. To highlight this important milestone, the program released a Series of Notes focusing on—and updating—some of the key advancements and insights ASTI data have enabled in the past 20 years. This note focuses on the allocation of agricultural research resources, in terms of financial investment and researchers’ time, to different commodities and lines of research.

The Vietnam country brief presents key agricultural R&D indicators in a highly accessible visual display. The brief also features more in-depth analysis of some of the key challenges that the country’s agricultural R&D systems are facing, and the policy options to address these challenges. It presents various future agricultural research investment scenarios and how these are projected to affect agricultural productivity growth.

The Papua New Guinea country brief presents key agricultural R&D indicators in a highly accessible visual display. The brief also features more in-depth analysis of some of the key challenges that the country’s agricultural R&D systems are facing, and the policy options to address these challenges. It presents various future agricultural research investment scenarios and how these are projected to affect agricultural productivity growth.

The Myanmar country brief presents key agricultural R&D indicators in a highly accessible visual display. The brief also features more in-depth analysis of some of the key challenges that the country’s agricultural R&D systems are facing, and the policy options to address these challenges. It presents various future agricultural research investment scenarios and how these are projected to affect agricultural productivity growth.

The Malaysia country brief presents key agricultural R&D indicators in a highly accessible visual display. The brief also features more in-depth analysis of some of the key challenges that the country’s agricultural R&D systems are facing, and the policy options to address these challenges. It presents various future agricultural research investment scenarios and how these are projected to affect agricultural productivity growth.

The Laos country brief presents key agricultural R&D indicators in a highly accessible visual display. The brief also features more in-depth analysis of some of the key challenges that the country’s agricultural R&D systems are facing, and the policy options to address these challenges. It presents various future agricultural research investment scenarios and how these are projected to affect agricultural productivity growth.