 UruguayGert-Jan Stads, Beatriz Cotro and Mario Allegri No 43, ASTI country briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Abstract: Quantitative data are important in measuring, monitoring, and benchmarking the inputs, outputs, and performance of agricultural science and technology (S&T) systems. They are an indispensable tool when it comes to assessing the contribution of agricultural S&T to agricultural growth and, more generally, to economic growth. S&T indicators assist research managers and policymakers in policy formulation of and decision making about strategic planning, priority setting, monitoring, and evaluation. They also provide information to government and other institutions (e.g., policy research institutes, universities, and the private sector) involved in the public debate on the state of agricultural S&T at the national, regional, and international levels. This country brief reviews the major investment, capacity, and institutional trends in public agricultural research in Uruguay since 1981, using data recently collected under the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative (IFPRI 2007–08).1 It provides important updates on trends in Uruguay’s public agricultural research previously published by Beintema et al. (2000). Keywords: agricultural research systems; quantitative analysis; agricultural growth; economic growth; agricultural research; Uruguay; South America; Americas (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fpr:asticb:43 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in ASTI country briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Contact information at EDIRC. |
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