Burundi: Recent developments in agricultural research

Gert-Jan Stads and Leonidas Ndimurirwo

No 126944, ASTI country notes from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: Burundi’s agricultural sector employs close to 90 percent of the country’s economically active population, represents approximately 50 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), and accounts for over 80 percent of exports (World Bank 2010; FAO 2009). However, structural constraints including low productivity, land fragmentation, weak water resource management, and processing and preservation problems impede agricultural growth. In addition, the civil war that shook the country in the 1990s negatively impacted the sector, including agricultural research and development (R&D) investment.

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