Gabon: Recent developments in agricultural research

Gert-Jan Stads and Paul Obiang Angwe

No 124843, ASTI country notes from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Agriculture in Gabon has traditionally been overshadowed by more attractive economic sectors such as forest exploitation, mining, and oil extraction. As a result, agricultural research and development (R&D) spending and capacity levels have remained low compared with other African countries. However, as a response to dwindling natural resource reserves in the mining and oil sectors, agriculture has recently gained prominence (Stads, Obiang Angwe, and Ngoye 2004).

Keywords: agricultural research; research; research institutions; infrastructure; Gabon; Middle Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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