Authors:
Gert-Jan Stads, Famoï Béavogui, and Léa Vicky Magne Domgho
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Guinean Agricultural Research Institute
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Agricultural R&D spending levels have gradually risen since 2008 due to increased government support.
The number of agricultural researchers has also increased steadily in recent years; however, two-thirds of the country’s researchers only hold BSc degrees, and many PhD-qualified researchers are approaching retirement age.
Accounting for just 4 percent of researchers, women are severely underrepresented in agricultural R&D in Guinea, especially given that the country’s agricultural labor force is predominantly female.