Authors:
Norah Omot, Birte Komolong, Gert-Jan Stads, Raywin Ovah, Nguyen Thi Pham, and Alejandro Nin-Pratt
Year:
2019
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute, Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions, and National Agricultural Research Institution.
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The Papua New Guinea country brief presents key agricultural R&D indicators in a highly accessible visual display. The brief also features more in-depth analysis of some of the key challenges that the country’s agricultural R&D systems are facing, and the policy options to address these challenges. It presents various future agricultural research investment scenarios and how these are projected to affect agricultural productivity growth.
Authors:
Stads, Gert-Jan; Omot, Norah; Beintema, Nienke
Year:
2005
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); and National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)
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Total fte agricultural researcher numbers in PNG rose steadily until 2001 and thereafter contracted as a result of restructuring and retrenchment of less productive staff. The country’s agricultural R&D expenditures followed a more erratic trend. NARI struggled in its first years of operation, but a change in government brought renewed support and a commitment to ongoing funding. NARI is now expected to be able to draw important foreign donor projects and generate substantial internal revenues from its activities in the years to come.