Authors:
Nienke Beintema , Michael Rahija, and Iyassu Fesha
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and the National Agricultural Research Institute.
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Agricultural R&D spending fell dramatically in Eritrea during 2008–2011 as a result of declining donor funding to NARI, the country’s main agricultural research agency, and international economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations in 2009.
Eritrea’s agricultural R&D spending is currently well below the levels required to sustain its needs; in fact, spending as a share of agricultural GDP fell by more than half between 2008 and 2011 and is among the lowest in Africa.