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The growing opportunities for African agricultural development
Producer funding of R&D in Africa
Government funding for agricultural R&D
Nationally financed agricultural research
The national budget process is an important factor in a government’s ability to implement development plans.
Producer funding of agricultural research
Staff aging and turnover in african agricultural R&D: lesson from five national agricultural research institutes
Human resource allocations in african agricultural research
Capacity building in agricultural research
As part of a series of case studies (including Burkina Faso, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia) that assessed the status of and trends in human resource capacity, this study focused on staffing at the South African Agricultural Research Cou
Why do agricultural faculties fail to attract the best students?
Enhancing capacity for african agricultural research
This paper presents a review of three existing models of capacity building to provide an understanding of strategies and approaches that have been successful in strengthening human and institutional capacity for agricultural research in Africa.
Prioritizing regional agricultural R&D investments in Africa
To achieve the first of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), halving poverty and hunger by 2015, African countries have set a target of 6 percent agricultural GDP growth.
This paper traces the evolution of the innovation systems framework within the agricultural sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, and presents a conceptual framework for agricultural innovation systems.