Internationally comparable data on agricultural R&D investments and capacity for developing countries
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 14:59 — gstads
Key Trends from the 2006 Country Brief
- During 1998–2003, Syria’s agricultural research staff and spending rose steadily.
- The principal agricultural research agency in Syria, the General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), constituted about two-thirds of the country’s agricultural research staff and R&D spending in 2003.
- Only one-quarter of Syrian agricultural researchers held PhD or MSc degrees, which is very low compared with most developing countries.
- Agricultural research in the higher education sector remains weak but is slowly gaining emphasis in agricultural colleges.
- Private-sector involvement in agricultural R&D in Syria is limited.
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ASTI timeseries data
Internationally comparable timeseries data on agricultural research investments and capacity
ASTI snapshot data
Key data on agricultural research expenditures, capacity, and commodity focus for one benchmark year
Country Brief (english version | arabic version)
Report on the institutional structure, key capacity and investment trends, and funding structure of agricultural R&D
ASTI country profile
List of the principal players in national-level agricultural R&D, their commodity focus, and their research capacity