Nicaragua: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet
The IDB-funded PFPAS program has provided an important financial injection into Nicaragua’s agricultural research system during 2013–2018. The program has made important strides in rehabilitating some of INTA’s run-down research infrastructure, in offering degree and short-term training to research...
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2023
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| author | Stads, Gert-Jan de los Santos, Luis |
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| description | The IDB-funded PFPAS program has provided an important financial injection into Nicaragua’s agricultural research system during 2013–2018. The program has made important strides in rehabilitating some of INTA’s run-down research infrastructure, in offering degree and short-term training to research staff, and in strengthening linkages between agricultural research and producers. Notwithstanding the important achievements of PFPAS, Nicaragua’s agricultural R&D investment levels remain too low to provide the necessary technological solutions to enhance agricultural productivity and reduce rural poverty. As of 2020, the country invested just 0.22 percent of its agricultural GDP in agricultural research, which is insufficient to effectively address the many challenges the agricultural sector is facing. Nicaragua lacks a critical mass of highly qualified agricultural researchers. Building on the achievements of PFPAS, continued and accelerated training of young researchers to the MSc and PhD level remains critical. In addition, local university programs in agricultural sciences need to be strengthened so that more scientists have the opportunity to pursue higher level degrees in-country. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1400442025-11-06T03:45:06Z Nicaragua: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet Stads, Gert-Jan de los Santos, Luis funding poverty alleviation agriculture agricultural research for development financing The IDB-funded PFPAS program has provided an important financial injection into Nicaragua’s agricultural research system during 2013–2018. The program has made important strides in rehabilitating some of INTA’s run-down research infrastructure, in offering degree and short-term training to research staff, and in strengthening linkages between agricultural research and producers. Notwithstanding the important achievements of PFPAS, Nicaragua’s agricultural R&D investment levels remain too low to provide the necessary technological solutions to enhance agricultural productivity and reduce rural poverty. As of 2020, the country invested just 0.22 percent of its agricultural GDP in agricultural research, which is insufficient to effectively address the many challenges the agricultural sector is facing. Nicaragua lacks a critical mass of highly qualified agricultural researchers. Building on the achievements of PFPAS, continued and accelerated training of young researchers to the MSc and PhD level remains critical. In addition, local university programs in agricultural sciences need to be strengthened so that more scientists have the opportunity to pursue higher level degrees in-country. 2023-01-01 2024-03-14T12:08:51Z 2024-03-14T12:08:51Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140044 en es Open Access application/pdf application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Inter-American Development Bank Stads, Gert-Jan; and de los Santos, Luis. 2023. Nicaragua. Agricultural R&D Indicators Factsheet. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140044 |
| spellingShingle | funding poverty alleviation agriculture agricultural research for development financing Stads, Gert-Jan de los Santos, Luis Nicaragua: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet |
| title | Nicaragua: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet |
| title_full | Nicaragua: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet |
| title_fullStr | Nicaragua: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nicaragua: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet |
| title_short | Nicaragua: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet |
| title_sort | nicaragua agricultural r d indicators factsheet |
| topic | funding poverty alleviation agriculture agricultural research for development financing |
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