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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.