Key Trends from the 2008 Country Brief

• Agricultural R&D staff numbers have risen gradually since 1981, reaching close to 700 ftes in 2006.
• Expenditures in agricultural R&D developed more erratically but have contracted since the late 1990s, reaching $98 million (in 2005 constant prices) in 2006, largely the result of reduced spending by INIA.
• Average degree levels of Chilean agricultural R&D staff have improved markedly since the early 1990s, and the country’s researchers are among the region’s most highly qualified.
• The national government funds the lion’s share of agricultural R&D in Chile, either through general appropriations or through competitive funds.
• Chile’s private sector is involved in limited agricultural R&D, although it plays a key role in competitively funded projects.

Chile

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