Authors:
Gert-Jan Stads, Antonio Fortes, and Léa Vicky Magne Domgho
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and National Agricultural Research and Development Institute.
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INIDA is the only agency involved in agricultural R&D in Cabo Verde. Despite an increase in the number of MSc-qualified researchers in recent years, the institute lacks a critical mass of PhD-qualified researchers.
Agricultural R&D spending increased gradually between 2009 and 2011. Although Cabo Verde’s 2011 agricultural R&D intensity ratio (at 1.12 percent) was well above the African average—which is not uncommon for a small, arid country—more investment is needed, particularly in staff training and upgrades to research laboratories.
Although the University of Cabo Verde plays an important role in training agricultural scientists, the country’s higher education sector is not involved in agricultural R&D.