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.
With two-thirds of its agricultural researchers under the age of 41 years, Rwanda has one of the youngest pools of agricultural researchers in Africa.