International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)

Snapshot Data - Mauritius

Year: 2000

		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 Female research staff, public (shares) PhD MSc BSc total Support-staff-per-scientist ratios, public technical administration other total	147.0 6.5 37 % 60 % 4 % 12 % 41 % 47 % 20 % 30 % 35 % 31 % 1.5 0.8 2.6 5.0	12 4 12 10 10 5
Total agricultural R&D expenditures in million 1999 local currencies (rupees) public private in million 1993 PPP dollars public private Public expenditures by institutional category (shares) government nonprofit higher education	240.2 11.4 22.5 1.1 40 % 56 % 4 %	12 4 12 4 12
Sources of financing, AREU (shares) government donors taxes/funds sales/own income Sources of financing, MSIRI (shares) government donors taxes/funds sales/own income	95 % 2 % 0 % 4 % 0.5 % 0 % 97 % 3 %	1 1
Research focus of public research staff (shares) crops fisheries livestock natural resources other main crops: sugarcane (66%), vegetables (12%), other fruits (7%), ornamentals (5%), and bananas (2%)	79 % 11 % 4 % 3 % 3 %	11

ASTI country brief on Mauritius, 2003 (PDF 185K)