number of agencies

 Total agricultural R&D researchers (in full time equivalents)
     public
     private
 
 Public researchers by institutional category (shares)
     government
     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
 

76.6
-
 

75.7 %
 24.3 %

    
 10.7 %
 63.2 %
  26.2 %
 
  
 9.7 %
 7.6 %
  30.2 %
  13.8 %
 

1.9
1.0
4.3

7
-
 
 7
 
 
 
 6
 

 
 
 5



 

2

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

 
746.6
-
 
6.7
 -
 
 
76.5 %
23.5 %

 
7

 
7
 
 
7

 Sources of financing, public (shares) - ISABU
     government
     donors
     other
 

 69.4 %
 26.2 %
4.4 %
 

  1

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

Main crops: potatoes (18.5%), coffee (13.4%), rice (10.3%), bananas and plantains (10.1%), vegetables (7.1%)

Main livestock items: pastures and forages (28.5%), beef (26.5%), sheep and goats (17.1%), poultry (12.8%)
       

 55.8 %
 14.0 %
 7.5 %
 2.4 %
20.3 %
 

8