The ASTI Data in Focus series provides additional background data in support of the 2010 Country Note on Côte d'Ivoire (asti.cgiar.org/pdf/CotedIvoire-Note.pdf) prepared by the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative and the National Center for Agricultural Research (CNRA). Based on data collected by ASTI and CNRA, these two outputs review major investment and capacity trends in Ivorian public agricultural research and development (R&D) since 1981, providing important updates on agricultural R&D trends prepared by ASTI in 2000 - 03.
B. Financial Resources
This section provides detailed quantitative information on agricultural research expenditures and government-sector funding sources in Côte d'Ivoire for the period 1999 - 2008. Supplementary sections present detailed data on long-term trends (Section A), human resources (Section C), and research allocation (Section D). Other supporting information provides macroeconomic trends, a list of agencies included in the study, data sources and estimation procedures, and ASTI's methodology.
Table B1 -- Total spending levels in CFA francs at various agencies, 2008
In 2008, the National Center for Agricultural Research (CNRA) accounted for the largest share of expenditures of any single agency, at 9.5 billion CFA francs. The higher education agencies ranked second, with estimated expenditures of 2.3 billion CFA francs. Agency
Sources: Calculated by authors from ASTI - CNRA 2009; Stads and Beintema 2003.
Notes: Figures in parentheses indicate the number of agencies in each category. Expenditures for the eight higher education agencies were estimated. For more information on coverage and estimation procedures, see the Côte d'Ivoire country page on ASTI's website at asti.cgiar.org/cote-divoire/datacoverage. For full agency names see asti.cgiar.org/cote-divoire/datacoverage.
Figure B1 -- CNRA's spending by cost-category adjusted for inflation, 1999 - 2008
From 1999 to 2008, CNRA's total expenditures fell from 41.0 million PPP dollars or 11.8 billion CFA francs, to 33.0 million PPP dollars or 9.5 billion CFA francs. The largest yearly decline in expenditures took place during 2000 - 01. From 2002 to 2008, CNRA's expenditures stabilized, with little change across cost categories.
Sources: Calculated by authors from Stads and Beintema 2003 and ASTI - CNRA 2009.
Notes: Salaries exclude those of expatriate staff. For more information on coverage and estimation procedures, see the Côte d'Ivoire country page on ASTI's website at asti.cgiar.org/cote-divoire/datacoverage.
Figure B2 -- Distribution of spending by cost category at CNRA, 1999 - 2008
Cost categories remained fairly stable at CNRA for most of the period 1999 - 2008, with a spike in capital investment in 2000 and a spike in salaries in 2001.
Sources: Calculated by authors from Stads and Beintema 2003 and ASTI - CNRA 2009.
Figure B3 -- CNRA's funding sources adjusted for inflation, 1999 - 2008
During 1999 - 2008, CNRA received funding from several sources. Limited national government funding only partially supported CNRA's operating costs, and lack of funding stability hindered the Center's capacity to plan long term. Support from donors and development banks dried-up as support from the World Bank ended. Despite these challenges, CNRA was able to maintain funding levels since producer organizations provided a share of the membership fees they had collected (see Stads and Doumbia 2010 for more information). In 2008, CNRA received 3.9 million PPP dollars or 1.1 billion CFA francs from the national government and 22.5 million PPP dollars and 6.5 billion CFA francs through a combination of the private- sector and of internally generated funding.
Sources: Calculated by authors from Stads and Beintema 2003 and ASTI - CNRA 2009.
Note: Donor funding includes the salaries of expatriate staff seconded to CNRA in the early 2000s.
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