Internationally comparable data on agricultural R&D investments and capacity for developing countries
Wed, 06/03/2009 - 08:43 — astiadmin
Key Trends
- 144 fte agricultural researchers were active in Benin in 2001.
- INRAB, Benin's national agricultural research institute, accounted for more than three quarters of total agricultural R&D capacity and spending.
- More than 80 percent of Benin's agricultural researchers held postgraduate degrees.
- The country's agricultural R&D expenditures totalled close to $13 million (in 2005 PPP prices) in 2001.
- INRAB is heavily dependent on funding through World Bank loans.
Benin
ASTI timeseries data
Internationally comparable timeseries data on agricultural research investments and capacity
ASTI snapshot data
Key data on agricultural research expenditures, capacity, and commodity focus for one benchmark year
ASTI country profile
List of the principal players in national-level agricultural R&D, their commodity focus, and their research capacity