Authors:
Nienke Beintema and Tesfaye Haregewoin
Year:
2018
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research
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Key trends
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Mekonnen Hailu, Tesfaye Haregewoin, and Dejene Hilegiorgis
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
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Positive signs of growth
Strong government support combined with a World Bank loan, associated with EAAPP, prompted agricultural research spending to rise by one-quarter during 2011–2014 (in inflation adjusted terms). Ethiopia’s pool of agricultural researchers expanded considerably; by about 900 FTE researchers during 2011–2014. This growth occurred evenly across EIAR, RARIs and higher education agencies.
Persistent underinvestment
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Mekonnen Hailu, Tesfaye Haregewoin, Michael Rahija, and Eyob Bezabeh
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research.
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National agricultural research spending increased by a modest 8 percent during 2008–2011. The majority of funding was derived from government sources, with foreign donors contributing around 20 percent in 2011. At just 0.19 percent in 2011, Ethiopia’s agricultural research intensity ratio (investment in agricultural R&D as a share of AgGDP) is one of the lowest in Africa.