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Snapshot Data - Tunisia

Year: 2002

   
number of agencies
 Total agricultural R&D researchers (in full time equivalents)
     public
     private
 
 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
     total


440.8

 
    
 69.7 %
21.3 %
  9.0 %
 
  
 25.2 %
 40.7 %
  16.7 %
  27.6 %
 

0.7
0.3
2.0
3.0


 17
 -
 
14
 

 
 
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6
 Total agricultural R&D expenditures
     in million 2000 local currencies (Tunisian dinars)
          public
          private
     in million 2000 PPP dollars
          public
          private
 

 
30.4

 
68.4

 


20
-
 
17
-
 
 Sources of financing, IRESA agencies (shares)
     government
     donors/loans
     own income 
     other 
 

 88.6 %
 5.8 %
4.7 %
1.0 %
  13
 Research focus of public and private research staff (shares)
     crops
     fisheries
     livestock
     natural resources  
     other 

Main crops: wheat (20.8 %), olives (19.9 %), peppers and tomatoes (13.2 %), vines (7.1 %), other vegetables (6.1%), and potatoes (6.1 %)

Main livestock items: sheep and goats (25.5 %), beef (24.8 %), pastures and forages (23.1 %), and poultry (19.1 %)

 38.2 %
 21.0 %
 15.7 %
13.9 %
  11.2 %
 

14

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