The Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative compiles, analyzes, and publicizes data on institutional developments, investments, and capacity in agricultural R&D at national, regional, and global levels... read more

The ASTI timeseries database provides access to agricultural R&D indicators for developing countries in tabular format (for OECD countries, please refer to the S&T indicators provided by the OECD).

ASTI consultation round on supplementary indicators

Project on gender-disaggregated capacity indicators

Latest Country Resources

• Argentina
• Chile

• Guatemala
• Panama

• Uruguay
• Paraguay

Key Publications

• Latin America and the Caribbean: Investment and Capacity Trends. ASTI Synthesis Report. 2009
  (PDF 1856K)
• Measuring Agricultural Research Investment: A Revised Global Picture. 2008 (PDF 657K)
  Underlying Data for Figures (PDF 120K)
• Agricultural R&D Capacity and Investments in the Asia Pacific Region. 2008
  Synthesis: (PDF 837K) Brief: (PDF 211K)