number of agencies

 Total agricultural R&D researchers (in full time equivalents)
     public
     private
 
 Public researchers by institutional category (shares)
     government
     nonprofit
     higher education
  
 Public researchers by degree level (shares)
     PhD
     MSc
     BSc
 
 Public female research staff (shares)
     PhD
     MSc
     BSc
     total

 Support-staff-per-scientist ratios
     technical
     administrative
     other
 

101.4
- 
 

79.8 %
  3.0 % 
 17.2 %

    
 16.7 %
 44.9 %
  38.4 %
 
  
 38.4 %
 32.0 %
  36.2 %
  34.7 %
 

3.1
0.7
13.1

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 Total agricultural R&D expenditures
     in million 1999 local currencies (pulas)
          public
          private
     in million 1993 PPP dollars
          public
          private
 
 Public expenditures by institutional category (shares)
     government
     nonprofit
     higher education
 

 
50.6
-
 
19.6
 -
 
 
86.9 %
  3.5 %
9.6 %

 
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 Research focus of public research staff (shares)
          livestock
          crops
          postharvest
          natural resources
          forestry
          other

 Main crops: sorghum (24%), millet (16%), maize (16%), vegetables (16%), bananas (8%), and other fruits (8%)

 Main livestock items: beef (43 %), dairy (14%), pastures and forages (14%), sheep and goats (11%), and poultry (11%)
       

 41.6 %
 36.0 %
 13.4 %
 1.6 %
0.9 %
6.5 %
 

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