Why do African countries underinvest in agricultural R&D?

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dc.creatorBenin, Samuel
dc.creatorMcBride, Linden
dc.creatorMogues, Tewodaj
dc.date2016-08-16
dc.date2024-06-21T09:25:18Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:25:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:17:43Z
dc.descriptionThe approach to the analysis presented in this chapter is to examine the political economy of underinvestment in agricultural R&D using a framework of the key drivers of public investment decisionmaking (Mogues 2015): (1) the attributability of investments to key actors, including politicians, bureaucrats, interest groups, and donors; (2) the incentives and constraints of these actors; (3) the budget process; and (4) the political and economic governance environment. The chapter begins by presenting past trends in and future commitments to public agricultural research expenditures compared with other types of PAEs in different parts of Africa. As a means of understanding the resource constraints within which agricultural research expenditures are made, the analysis includes a discussion of trends in total expenditures and PAEs, which also serves as a review of the current progress in meeting the 2003 Maputo Declaration target of investing 10 percent of total national expenditures in the agricultural sector (NEPAD 2005). This discussion is followed by a review of the evidence on the returns to public investment in agricultural R&D compared with other types of public agricultural investments, and a discussion of the political economy drivers of underinvestment in agricultural R&D. Finally, conclusions are drawn in the context of understanding
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148638
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100253
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292123
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBenin, Samuel; McBride, Linden; and Mogues, Tewodaj. 2016. Why do African countries underinvest in agricultural R&D? In Agricultural research in Africa: Investing in future harvests. Lynam, John; Beintema, Nienke M.; Roseboom, Johannes; and Badiane, Ousmane (Eds.). Chapter 5. Pp. 109-138. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292123_05.
dc.subjectagricultural research systems
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjectpublic investment
dc.subjectagricultural research
dc.subjectagricultural growth
dc.subjecttechnology
dc.subjectresearch
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectscience
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectpublic expenditure
dc.subjectpublic research
dc.titleWhy do African countries underinvest in agricultural R&D?
dc.typeBook Chapter

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