Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Deogratias Lwezaura, and Bernadetha Munishi
Year:
2018
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Department of Research and Development
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Background and key trends
Authors:
Nienke Beintema, Deogratias Lwezuara, and Bernadetha Munishi
Year:
2016
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute and Department of Research and Development
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Serious underinvestment
Volatility in yearly government and donor funding caused agricultural research spending to fluctuate during 2000–2014 and decline from 2010, despite additional funding from a World Bank loan through EAAPP. Underinvestment in agricultural R&D is serious. As of 2014, funding levels appeared to be rebounding, but Tanzania still only invested 0.29 percent of its AgGDP in agricultural R&D, well below the African Union and the United Nation’s recommended 1 percent target.
Serious capacity constraints
Authors:
Beintema, Nienke; Lwezaura, Deogratias and Rahija, Michael
Year:
2013
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); and Department of Research and Development (DRD)
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National agricultural R&D spending increased by 5 percent during 2008–2011, primarily due to increased government support; nonetheless, spending as a share of agricultural GDP remained fairly constant.
Although the national number of BSc-qualified researchers increased by 20 percent during 2008–2011, substantially increasing Tanzania’s total number of researchers, the number of researchers with PhD qualifications declined by 20 FTEs during this timeframe.