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Snapshot Data - the Gambia

Year: 2001

 


 

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

 Support-staff-per-scientist ratios
     technical
     administrative
     other
 


47.3
1.0
 

88.5 %
11.5 %

    
 9.0 %
 50.7 %
  40.3 %


2.3
0.9
1.6


8
1
 
 8
 
 
 
 5
 

 
 
 2



 

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


 
2.6
0.1
 
1.12
 0.03
 
 
91.6 %
8.4 %


 
8
1

8
 1
 
6

 Research focus of public research staff (shares)
          crops
          livestock
          fisheries
          postharvest
          other

Main crops NARI: groundnuts (24.6%), millet (16.4%), rice (13.1%), maize (8.2%), fruit (8.2%), cassava (6.6%)

Main livestock items NARI: Main livestock items NARI: beef (34.8%), sheep and goats (34.8%), dairy (21.7%)
        


 51.3 %
 19.3 %
 17.2 %
 6.3 %
5.9 %
 

3

 


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