Key Trends from the 2004 country brief
- Total agricultural research spending and researcher numbers fell gradually from 1991 until 2001.
- Senegal’s main agricultural R&D agency is the Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute (ISRA); in 2001 it accounted for nearly 75 percent of the country’s research capacity, in terms of agricultural research staff and expenditures.
- In addition to government funding, ISRA depended on revenue raised through two World Bank–led initiatives in the 1990s: the Agricultural Research Project (ARP) and the Agricultural Services and Producer Organizations Project (PSAOP).
- The National Agricultural Research Fund (NARF), a competitive funding mechanism introduced as part of PSAOP in 1999, has revolutionized the way Senegalese agricultural R&D agencies are financed and has made research more demand-driven.
- Senegal’s agricultural research staff are among the most highly qualified in Africa.
- The involvement of the private sector in Senegal’s agricultural R&D is minimal, representing about 5 percent of agricultural research staff and spending in 2001.
Senegal
ASTI timeseries data
Internationally comparable timeseries data on agricultural research investments and capacity
ASTI snapshot data
Key data on agricultural research expenditures, capacity, and commodity focus for one benchmark year
ASTI country brief (english version | french version)
Short report on the institutional structure, key capacity and investment trends, and funding structure of agricultural R&D
ASTI-AWARD country fact sheet
(english version | french version)
Short report on women's participation in agricultural research and higher education
ASTI country profile
List of the principal players in national-level agricultural R&D, their commodity focus, and their research capacity
ASTI directory of agricultural R&D agencies
List of agricultural R&D agencies, institutional details, and links to their websites