Authors:
Lang Gao, Nienke Beintema, and John Momoh
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute
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Strong investment growth
Agricultural research spending grew by 70 percent during 2011–2014, sharply contrasting the modest growth during 2008–2011. This shift almost entirely resulted from a substantial increase in the number of researchers employed at SLARI, the country’s main agricultural research agency. Despite this overall upward trend, however, the country still invests a very low share of its AgGDP in agricultural research—0.24 percent in 2014, which is well below the recommended 1 percent target set by the African Union and the United Nations.
Authors:
John Momoh
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECAR)
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During 2013–2014, ASTI, CORAF/WECARD, and national focal points carried out an in-depth assessment of the critical human, financial, and institutional capacity issues that SLARI is facing. The assessment included a quantitative survey collecting information on human and financial resources, R&D infrastructure, and R&D outputs; a series of face-to-face interviews with selected research and managerial staff; and a staff motivation survey distributed to a selected group of researchers and managerial staff.
Authors:
John Momoh and Nienke Beintema
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECAR)
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During 2013–2014, ASTI, CORAF/WECARD, and national focal points carried out an in-depth assessment of the critical human, financial, and institutional capacity issues that SLARI is facing. The assessment included a quantitative survey collecting information on human and financial resources, R&D infrastructure, and R&D outputs; a series of face-to-face interviews with selected research and managerial staff; and a staff motivation survey distributed to a selected group of researchers and managerial staff.
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, John Momoh, and Kathleen Flaherty
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute.
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Agricultural research spending in Sierra Leone grew only modestly during 2008–2011, sharply contrasting very high growth during 2001–2008, at which time the main agricultural research centers, NARC and RARC (consolidated under SLARI in 2008) were being rehabilitated.
Despite significant growth over time, Sierra Leone’s agricultural R&D spending remains well below the levels required to sustain its needs; spending levels as a share of AgGDP are among the lowest in Africa.