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Dynamic networks of interactive learning and agricultural research for development

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2011
| by Arno Maatman, Mariana Wongtschowski, Willem Heemskerk, Nour Sellamna and Kristin E. Davis
Innovation in natural resource management and agriculture—and in agribusiness, in particular—critically depends on the ability of interlinked actors to generate and access new knowledge, and to adapt such knowledge to their own specific circumstances
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Nationally financed agricultural research

2011
| by Gbolagade B. Ayoola and Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi

The national budget process is an important factor in a government’s ability to implement development plans.

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Staff aging and turnover in african agricultural R&D: lesson from five national agricultural research institutes

conference working paper
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2011
| by Louis Sène, Frikkie Liebenberg, Mick Mwala, Festus M. Murithi, Séraphine Sawadogo Kaboré and Nienke M. Beintema
This paper synthesizes the results of five national case studies conducted from May to July 2011 for the purpose of analyzing the scope and magnitude of the human resource challenges facing national agricultural research institutes in Africa.
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Human resource allocations in african agricultural research

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2011
| by Nienke M. Beintema and Michael Rahija
The aim of this paper is to provide an in-depth assessment of Sub-Saharan Africa’s human resource capacity in agricultural research based on the wealth of detailed human capacity data collected through the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicato
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Staff aging and turnover in african agricultural research: a case study on the agricultural research council and faculties of natural and agricultural sciences and veterinary sciences of the University of Pretoria

2011
| by Frikkie Liebenberg

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

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Enhancing capacity for african agricultural research

conference working paper
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2011
| by Suresh Chandra Babu, Ireme Annor-Frempong and Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere

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.

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Prioritizing regional agricultural R&D investments in Africa

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2011
| by Michael Johnson, Samuel Benin, Xinshen Diao and You Liangzhi

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.