Key Trends from the 2003 country brief

• Agricultural research investments in Sudan, in real prices (adjusted for inflation), decreased over the past three decades because of declining government contributions and waning donor funding.
• Total agricultural research staff numbers have increased considerably in the 1990s, but the share of researchers holding doctorate degrees declined.
• The Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC) and the Animal Resource Research Corporation (ARRC) are the main agricultural research agencies in Sudan; together they accounted for about 60 percent of the country’s total agricultural research spending and staff numbers in 2000.
• Higher-education agencies accounted for more than a quarter of total resources, but a large number of agencies have only a small research capacity.
• Private-sector investments in agricultural research are limited in Sudan and are mostly focused on sugarcane.

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