Key Trends from the 2003 country brief

• Total agricultural research investments and staff numbers declined rapidly after 1992, primarily the result of decreased funding from France, but improved temporarily with the creation of CNRA in 1998.
• In 2001, CNRA accounted for three quarters of the county’s agricultural research spending and two-thirds of its fte researchers, but it did not meet privatization criteria set by the World Bank. This left the center largely dependent on government funding and revenues from commodity sales, which significantly constrained operations.
• Civil war, ongoing in Côte d’Ivoire since September 2002, leaves the future of the country’s network of agricultural research facilities highly uncertain.
• Some private companies conduct agricultural research, but their combined efforts are apparently small.

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