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Snapshot Data - Ghana

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
 
 Public female research staff (shares)
     PhD
     MSc
     BSc
     total


474.5

 

82.6 %
 17.4 %

    
 33.6 %
 50.1 %
  16.2 %
 
  
 7.1 %
 19.6 %
  26.7 %
  16.6 %
 


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 29
 
 
 
 20
 

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


 
35,182.1
-
 
61.9
 -
 
 
84.1 %
15.9 %


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 Sources of financing, public (shares) - CSIR
     sales/own income
     other
 


 6.8 %
 93.2 %
 

  9

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

Main crops: cassava (13.2%), maize (10.8%), cocoa (10.7%), fruits (9.1%), rice (8.5%), vegetables (7.4%)

Main livestock items: sheep and goats (20.8%), poultry (12.5%), pastures and forages (11.3%), swine (11.2%)
     


 61.7 %
 10.9 %
 8.1 %
 7.4 %
4.5 %
7.4 %
 

19

 

Agricultural Research Organizations with Websites (AROW directory - Ghana).


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