Africa’s agricultural research pool
| dc.creator | Beintema, Nienke M. | |
| dc.creator | Stads, Gert-Jan | |
| dc.creator | Flaherty, Kathleen | |
| dc.date | 2014 | |
| dc.date | 2024-08-01T02:54:26Z | |
| dc.date | 2024-08-01T02:54:26Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T15:32:36Z | |
| dc.description | 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. In contrast, 11 countries employed fewer than 100 FTE researchers each.1 Despite recent challenges, many western African countries have maintained relatively large pools of well-qualified researchers (those holding PhD and MSc degrees) (Map 2). In contrast, less than half of researchers in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe hold graduate degrees. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150945 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/107359 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute | |
| dc.relation | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153606 | |
| dc.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.source | Beintema, Nienke M.; Stads, Gert-Jan; Flaherty, Kathleen. 2014. Africa’s agricultural research pool. In Atlas of African agriculture research and development: Revealing agriculture's place in Africa. Sebastian, Kate, Ed. Pp. 8-9. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896298460_04 | |
| dc.subject | geographical information systems | |
| dc.subject | investment | |
| dc.subject | agricultural research | |
| dc.subject | agricultural policies | |
| dc.subject | agriculture | |
| dc.subject | geography | |
| dc.title | Africa’s agricultural research pool | |
| dc.type | Book Chapter |