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) 

 Support-staff-per-scientist ratios, ARC
     technical
     administrative
     other
     total
 

1,028.6
32.5
 
 
78 %
7 %
 15 %

    
 32 %
 39 %
  30 %
 
 35 %
 
 
0.7
0.5
2.4
     3.7

42
  8
 

 26
   4
 12
  
 32

 
 
 
30

14


 

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

 
720.3
20.5
 
365.6
 10.4
 
 
77 %
8 %
15 %

 
42
  8
 
42
  8
 

  26
    4
 12

 Sources of financing, public, ARC (shares)
     government
     producers/marketing boards
     private enterprises
     own income
     other
 

 62 %
11 %
14 %
10 %
2 %
 

  14

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

 Main crops: fruit (36%), sugarcane (10%), wheat (10%), vegetables (9%), and corn (9%)

 Main livestock items: beef (28%), sheep and goats (19%), dairy (14%), swine (12%), and pastures and forages (11%)

 47 %
 27 %
 14 %
 5 %
8 %
 

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