Options pour la croissance économique du Mali à travers l’application des sciences et technologies à l’agriculture

Valerie Kelly (), Janet Carpenter, Tom Easterling, Moctar Kone, Peter G. McCornick and Mike McGahuey

No 57069, Food Security Collaborative Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: Recognizing that science and technology research (S&T) is one of many inputs into the broader development process, USAID/Mali, via its Initiative to End Hunger in Africa, requested an assessment of the current S&T situation in Mali. USAID asked the assessment team to produce a comprehensive strategic options plan for a Malian S&T agenda that would identify priority short-term actions to stimulate uptake of S&T results likely to make significant contributions to the attainment of Mali’s broad development goals, while simultaneously developing a coherent longer-term action plan to maintain and improve the human, physical, and financial capital needed to generate future streams of S&T results. The scope of work for the assessment team included six points: • Review the current status of agricultural and natural resource programs of Mali’s research institutions, with particular attention to IER, IPR/IFRA, LCV; • Review and assess the programs of International Agriculture Research Centers (IARCs) and other international foundations supporting research in Mali; • Annotate the range of USAID-supported S&T programs in Mali; • Identify available production technology packages and needed support services to achieve rapid (medium-term) impact and identify gaps in S&T programs that hinder attainment of GRM development goals; • Develop a strategic options plan to build needed S&T capabilities, including those for research and supporting institutional development; • Make recommendations for potential USAID/Mali actions, including building partnerships with public and private organizations that would enhance the effective use of S&T for achieving USAID programmatic goals

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 109
Date: 2005-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.57069

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