Authors:
Kathleen Flaherty and Percy Chipunza
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute
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Agricultural research spending and staffing levels in Zimbabwe recovered during 2009–2011 after the adoption of a multicurrency regime, which brought economic stabilization and ended the years of hyperinflation.
Only 12 percent of agricultural researchers held PhD qualifications in 2011, which is very low compared with other countries in Africa.
Agricultural R&D in Zimbabwe is primarily funded by the government, but for the most part that support only covers salaries and not the operating costs or capital investments associated with conducting research.