Current and future ASTI products

Data

  • Trend data on agricultural scientist numbers and total investments in agricultural research by the government, higher education, and nonprofit sectors of developing countries
  • Additional yearly or short-term data on numbers of scientists by degree status and gender, support staff numbers, funding sources, categories of spending (salaries, operating expenses, and capital expenses), and research focus by agricultural subsector and theme, as well as by crop and livestock item
  • Future additional indicators, including detailed capacity indicators and additional quantitative data identified as being important by ASTI stakeholders

Reports

  • Existing outputs include regional and global analyses of agricultural R&D investments, and country briefs and fact sheets presenting national data
  • Future outputs will include more in-depth analyses of the trends underlying key ASTI indicators.

Website

  • The ASTI website (www.asti.cgiar.org) provides access to ASTI datasets and other outputs. It is in the process of being upgraded to include links to other S&T databases of relevance to food and agriculture.