Key Trends from the 2004 country brief

• The total number of agricultural researchers in Congo increased gradually throughout the 1990s, while total agricultural R&D expenditures fell by more than half.
• The 11 agricultural research centers under the General Delegation of Scientific and Technical Research (DGRST) accounted for roughly two-thirds of Congo’s agricultural researchers and expenditures in 2001.
• Donor contributions to agricultural research fell drastically as a result of the two civil wars of the 1990s.
• The large number of relatively small agricultural research agencies—often with overlapping mandates—has made Congo’s agricultural research coordination and management weak and ineffective.

Congo (Republic of)