Authors:
Kathleen Flaherty, Nienke Beintema, and Aimable Gatete
Year:
2018
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and The Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board
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BACKGROUND AND KEY TRENDS
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Aimable Gatete, and Sandra Perez
Year:
2016
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Rwanda Agriculture Board
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Continuing spending growth
Agricultural R&D spending grew by one-third during 2011–2014. At RAB, growth was driven by increased donor support, whereas at UR-CAVM it was driven by increased human resource capacity. The total number of researchers increased during 2011–2013, but sharply declined in 2014 due to a restructuring of RAB’s researcher classifications: an MSc degree is now the minimum requirement for scientists to qualify as researchers, so most junior researchers were reclassified as research technicians.
Authors:
Michael Rahija and Aimable Gatete
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Rwanda Agriculture Board
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The number of public agricultural researchers in Rwanda grew significantly during 2008–2011. Moreover, the number of FTE researchers qualified to the PhD level increased by more than two-thirds (from 13.3 to 21.9 FTEs), while the number qualified to the MSc level more than doubled.
Following a period of slow growth, agricultural R&D spending grew substantially during 2008–2011, mostly stemming from increased government support to RAB.