2011 Conference: Agricultural R&D—Investing in Africa’s Future: Analyzing Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Agricultural R&D—Investing in Africa’s Future:
Analyzing Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Samuel Benin and Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize. Public Expenditures and Public Research Expenditures on Agriculture in Africa
Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize, Derek Byerlee, Alex McCalla, Michael Morris, and John Staatz. The Growing Opportunities for African Agricultural Development
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Derek Byerlee. Producer Funding of R&D in Africa: An Underutilized Opportunity to Boost Commercial Agriculture
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Keith O. Fuglie and Nicholas Rada. Policies and Productivity Growth in African Agriculture
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Alejandro Nin-Pratt. Agricultural R&D Investment, Poverty and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Prospects and Needs to 2050
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David J. Spielman, Fatima Zaidi, and Kathleen Flaherty. Changing Donor Priorities and Strategies for Agricultural R&D in Developing Countries: Evidence from Africa
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Gert-Jan Stads. Africa’s Agricultural R&D Funding Rollercoaster: An Analysis of the Elements of Funding Volatility
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Gbologade B. Ayoola and Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi. Nationally Financed Agricultural Research: A Case Study on Nigeria Paper - download PDF
Deogratias Lwezaura. Government Funding for Agricultural R&D: A Case Study on the Tanzanian Division of Research and Development
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Jonathan Makau Nzuma. Producer Funding of Agricultural Research. The Case of Kenya’s Tea Industry
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Ruben Echeverría. Discussant report
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Summary panel discussion on Perspectives from Donor Organizations
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Suresh Chandra Babu, Irene Annor Frempong, and Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere: Enhancing Capacity for African Agricultural Research: Conceptual Framework, Models, and Lessons
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Nienke Beintema and Michael Rahija. Human Resource Allocations in African Agricultural Research: What Do The Data Tell Us?
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Joyce Lewinger Moock: Network Innovations: Building the Next Generation of Agricultural Scientists in Africa
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Louis Sène, Frikkie Liebenberg, Mick Mwala, Festus Murithi, Séraphine Sawadogo, and Nienke Beintema. Staff Aging and Turnover in Agricultural R&D: Lessons from Five National Agricultural Research Institutes in Africa
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Aissetou Drame-Yaye, Sebastian Chakeredza, and August B. Temu. Why Agricultural Faculties Have Not Been Able To Attract Good Students
Frikkie Liebenberg. Staff Aging and Turnover in African Agricultural Research: A Case Study on the Agricultural Research Council and the Faculties of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Sciences
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Mick S. Mwala and Moses Mwala. Staff Aging and Turnover Agricultural Research: A Case Study on Zambia Agricultural Research Institute
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Festus Murithi and Caroline Minayo. Staff Aging and Turnover in Agricultural Research: A Case Study on Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
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Patrick Okori. Capacity Building in Agricultural Research: A Case Study on Uganda’s Makerere University
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Séraphine Kaboré Sawadogo, Issa Ouédraogo, and Traoré San. Staff Aging and Turnover Agricultural Research: A Case Study on Burkina Faso Environment and Agricultural Research Institute
Louis Sène. Staff Aging and Turnover Agricultural Research: A Case Study on Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute

Arega Alene, Yigezu Yigezu, Jupiter Ndjeunga, Ricardo Labarta, Robert Andrade, Aliou Diagne, Rachel Muthoni, Franklin Simtowe, and Tom Walker. Measuring the Effectiveness of Agricultural R&D in Sub-Saharan Africa from the Perspectives of Varietal Output and Adoption: Initial Results from the Diffusion of Improved Varieties in Africa Project
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Ackello-Ogutu and John Mburu. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Implementing a Centralized National Agricultural Research System Policy in Kenya
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Leonard Oruko and Howard Elliott. The Role of Evaluation in Strengthening Agricultural R&D in Sub-Saharan Africa: Information, Instruments and Actors
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Catherine R. Ragasa, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, and George Owusu Essegbey. Measuring R&D Performance within an Innovation System Perspective: An Illustration from the Nigeria and Ghana Agricultural Research Systems
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Ponniah Anandajayasekeram. The Role of Agricultural R&D within the Agricultural Innovation Systems Framework
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Kathleen Flaherty. The Agricultural R&D Challenges of Small Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Michael Johnson, Sam Benin, Xinshne Diao, and Liangzhi You. Setting Priorities of Regional Agricultural R&D Investments in Africa: Incorporating R&D Spillovers and Economy-wide Effects
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Arno Maatman, Mariana Wongtschowski, Willem Heemskerk, Nour Sellamna, Kristin Davis, Silim Nahdy, Washington Ochola, and Dan Kisauzi. Dynamic Networks of Interactive Learning and Agricultural Research for Development: Three Critical Roles for Agricultural Advisory Services
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Carl Pray, David Gisselquist, and Latha Nagarajan. Private Investment in Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer in Africa
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Johannes Roseboom. Supranational Collaboration in Agricultural Research in Sub-Saharan Africa
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