No Shortcuts to Progress: An Assessment of Agricultural Research Planning and Priority Setting in Africa

Mywish Maredia (), Julie Howard and Duncan H. Boughton ()
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Mywish Maredia: Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

No 29, International Development Policy Syntheses from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: The purposes of this paper are to trace the evolution of research planning in Africa over the past decade and to analyze its intermediate impacts. The specific objectives are to: (1) review the approaches and methods used to carry out research planning and priority setting activities; and (2) assess the experiences of selected countries in research planning and priority setting.

Keywords: food security; food policy; agricultural research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997

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Working Paper: NO SHORTCUTS TO PROGRESS: AN ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PLANNING AND PRIORITY SETTING IN AFRICA (1997)
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