Internationally comparable data on agricultural R&D investments and capacity for developing countries
Wed, 06/03/2009 - 10:48 — gstads
Key Trends from the 2008 ASTI policy brief on India (published by NCAP)
- The bulk of agricultural research in India is in the public domain, which includes the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), and various other government and higher-education agencies.
- More than half of Indian agricultural research staff holds PhD degrees, which is one of the highest levels in the developing world.
- Public spending in agricultural R&D in India, in inflation adjusted terms, grew substantially during 1991–2003 at an average rate of 6.4 percent per year.
- India ranks fourth in terms of total investments in public agricultural R&D in the world, following United States, Japan, and China.
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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 policy brief on India (published by NCAP)
Report on the institutional structure, key capacity and investment trends, and funding structure of agricultural R&D
ASTI country profile
List of the principal players in national-level agricultural R&D, their commodity focus, and their research capacity