Sub-Saharan African agricultural research Recent investment trends
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Date
2004
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Outlook on Agriculture
Abstract
Following two decades of increasing investments, growth in public agricultural research spending in Sub-Saharan Africa stagnated during the 1980s and 1990s at an average rate of about 1% per year. Nonetheless, this continent-wide trend masks significant variation among countries. During 1991–2000, about half the countries in the authors' 27-country sample experienced negative annual growth in total agricultural research and development (R&D) spending. Declines often resulted from political unrest or the completion of large donor-funded projects. The majority of African agricultural research is still conducted by the government sector, with the private for-profit sector accounting for only a small, but seemingly increasing, share of total research expenditures.
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agricultural researchers, agricultural research investments, R&D, Sub-Saharan Africa
Citation
Beintema, N. M., & Stads, G. J. (2004). Sub-Saharan African agricultural research: Recent investment trends. Outlook on AGRICULTURE, 33(4), 239-246.https://doi.org/10.5367/0000000042664774