Authors:
Léa Vicky Magne Domgho, Antonio Fortes and Gert-Jan Stads
Year:
2018
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and National Agricultural Research and Development Institute.
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Key Trends
Authors:
Léa Vicky Magne Domgho, Antonio Fortes, and Kathleen Flaherty
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and National Agricultural Research and Development Institute
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Declining spending
Agricultural research spending in Cabo Verde declined between 2012 and 2014 due to government budget cuts and the completion of a large research project cofinanced by the European Union. Although the country’s agricultural research spending as a share of AgGDP (at 0.95 percent in 2014) is well above the African average, considerable investment is needed for capacity building and laboratory equipment.
Limited capacity
Instituto Nacional de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Agrário (INIDA)
Authors:
Gert-Jan Stads, Antonio Fortes, and Léa Vicky Magne Domgho
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and National Agricultural Research and Development Institute.
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INIDA is the only agency involved in agricultural R&D in Cabo Verde. Despite an increase in the number of MSc-qualified researchers in recent years, the institute lacks a critical mass of PhD-qualified researchers.
Agricultural R&D spending increased gradually between 2009 and 2011. Although Cabo Verde’s 2011 agricultural R&D intensity ratio (at 1.12 percent) was well above the African average—which is not uncommon for a small, arid country—more investment is needed, particularly in staff training and upgrades to research laboratories.