Key Trends from the 2009 ASTI summary brief

• In 2006, Argentina employed close to 4,000 fte agricultural researchers.
• Argentina’s total agricultural research capacity has risen rapidly after the 1999-2002 economic crisis. This increase is mainly due to strong growth in INTA’s research staff totals, which rose to 2,410 in 2007 following a large injection of national government and IDB funds in support of agricultural R&D.
• During 2002-06, Argentina’s total agricultural R&D expenditures more than doubled due to a boost in spending at INTA. In 2006, the country spent $449 million (in 2005 PPP prices) on agricultural R&D.
• Public agricultural research in Argentina is largely financed by the national government with producer organizations, and the private sector accounting for minimal shares of the total. IDB is an important donor to S&T in Argentina, but the exact amounts of IDB funding to agricultural research are difficult to establish.

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