Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Lawrence Mose, Michael Rahija, Peterson Mwangi, and Rosemary Emongor
Year:
2014
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
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Public agricultural R&D spending increased by 11 percent during 2008–2011 as a result of strong growth at CRF and other government agencies involved in agricultural research.
Although government funding for agricultural research has been strong and stable over time, total funding levels have fluctuated in response to high, but variable, levels of donor support—including development bank loans—to Kenya’s main agricultural research agency, KARI.
The total number of researchers employed at KARI remained fairly constant during 2008–2011 despite a decrease in the number of PhD-qualified researchers. Researcher numbers at most other agencies grew substantially during this time, resulting in a net increase of R&D capacity nationwide.