Investing in Sub-Saharan African agricultural research

Nienke Beintema and Gert-Jan Stads

No 24, Issue briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: "Agricultural research capacity is an important factor in building food security and economic stability in Africa. Furthermore, new and better-targeted technologies are essential to this process, and a well-developed and wellsupported agricultural research system is a prerequisite not only for the design of these technologies but also for their dissemination and adoption...In view of the low, and often declining, level of agricultural R&D investments in SSA, both in real terms and as a ratio of agricultural output, attaining this goal will be extremely challenging." from Text

Keywords: research funding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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