Key Trends from the 2004 country brief

• Agricultural researcher numbers in Mauritania increased steadily throughout the 1990s; expenditures followed the same trend, but declined slightly in 2001.
• Three centers focusing on crop, livestock, and fisheries research, respectively, account for over 90 percent of the country’s agricultural researchers and expenditures: the National Agricultural Research and Development Center (CNRADA), the National Livestock and Veterinary Research Center (CNERV), and the Mauritanian Institute of Oceanographic Research and Fisheries (IMROP).
• Fisheries research dominates, in terms of spending, especially since the 2002 signing of a fisheries treaty between Mauritania and the European Union.
• The future of CNRADA’s and CNERV’s funding is uncertain since the cessation of the World Bank supported PSA project in 2000. Many research activities have been halted, and many researchers have sought employment elsewhere

Mauritania