Key Trends from the 2008 Country Brief

• The share of CORPOICA in total Colombian agricultural R&D spending and capacity has gradually declined over the past decades in favor of producer associations, other government agencies, and the university sector.
• Agricultural R&D spending in Colombia remained stable during 1996–2002 but has contracted substantially in recent years due mainly to severe cuts in CORPOICA’s budget.
• More than 90 percent of research carried out by the four principal producer associations is financed through commodity taxes levied on private sector production or exports. CORPOICA, on the other hand, received more than three-quarters of its funds from the Colombian government.
• Colombia’s private sector is involved in only limited agricultural R&D although  it plays an important (indirect) role in financing R&D.

Colombia

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