Authors:
Kathleen Flaherty, Sheehamandje Ipinge, and Katrina Shiningavamwe
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute
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From 2008 to 2011, human resource capacity in agricultural research increased only slightly, whereas spending grew by more than two-thirds, driven by higher levels of capital investments at DART and the Directorate of Fisheries.
Only 13 percent of agricultural researchers held PhD qualifications in 2011, which is very low compared with other countries in Africa.
The national government provided almost all of the funding for agricultural R&D between 2009 and 2011; private sector and donor funding were negligible.