Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Abdullahi Mohammed Nasir, and Lang Gao
Year:
2017
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria
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Lack of funding diversity
IFPRI DG Shenggen Fan calls for increased ag research investment at meeting with Sen. Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
Dr Fan was in Abuja on July 20 for the launch of IFPRI’s 2017 Global Food Policy Report titled “Food Security and Nutrition in an Urbanizing World.” The Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) is an annual IFPRI flagship report which provides data and analysis on the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of the previous year and highlights challenges and opportunities for the coming year.
Meeting with Deans of Agriculture underscores ASTI partnership with Nigerian universities
A sensitization seminar was held at the 61st Annual General Meeting of the Association of Deans of Agriculture in Nigerian Universities (ADAN), at Uniben Faculty of Agriculture Multipurpose Cooperative Society Office, University of Benin, Benin-City on 5/7/2017.
Authors:
Kathleen Flaherty and Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria.
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By virtue of size, Nigeria leads SSA in terms of agricultural research capacity and spending levels. Nevertheless, its investment in agricultural research as a share of agricultural GDP has always been quite low (0.33 percent in 2011).
Yearly growth in agricultural R&D spending slowed during 2009–2011 and fluctuated significantly from year to year. The country still needs substantial research-related infrastructure, equipment, and facilities.