Peru: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet

After years of stagnant budgets, inadequate infrastructure, a constantly shifting policy environment, and high rates of staff turnover, the National Agricultural Innovation Program (PNIA) gave an important impulse to Peru’s agricultural research system. Running from 2015 until 2021, PNIA strengthene...

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Main Authors: Stads, Gert-Jan, de los Santos, Luis
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Español
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140939
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description After years of stagnant budgets, inadequate infrastructure, a constantly shifting policy environment, and high rates of staff turnover, the National Agricultural Innovation Program (PNIA) gave an important impulse to Peru’s agricultural research system. Running from 2015 until 2021, PNIA strengthened the system through a combination of institutional reforms, staff training, and competitive research and innovation grants. Peru’s agricultural research spending doubled with the launch of PNIA. As a percentage of AgGDP, agricultural research spending rose from just 0.32 percent in 2014 to around 0.6 percent during 2015–2017. In more recent years, however, this research intensity ratio has slipped again towards 0.4 levels. It is important that the advances made during the PNIA years are not eroded in the absence of viable mechanism to sustain agricultural R&D and innovation on the long run. Most of Peru’s PhD-qualified agricultural researchers are over 60 years old, posing a significant problem for the future conduct and continuity of agricultural research. The country will need to recruit and train scientists without delay, and provide the necessary remuneration, working conditions, and incentives to maintain their commitment over time. A necessary first step is to reduce the salary gap between researchers employed at INIA and those at universities.
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spelling CGSpace1409392025-11-06T03:44:57Z Peru: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet Perú: Hoja informativa:Indicadores de I&D agropecuaria Stads, Gert-Jan de los Santos, Luis research methods funding gender research support commodities stakeholders agricultural policies agricultural research agriculture financing After years of stagnant budgets, inadequate infrastructure, a constantly shifting policy environment, and high rates of staff turnover, the National Agricultural Innovation Program (PNIA) gave an important impulse to Peru’s agricultural research system. Running from 2015 until 2021, PNIA strengthened the system through a combination of institutional reforms, staff training, and competitive research and innovation grants. Peru’s agricultural research spending doubled with the launch of PNIA. As a percentage of AgGDP, agricultural research spending rose from just 0.32 percent in 2014 to around 0.6 percent during 2015–2017. In more recent years, however, this research intensity ratio has slipped again towards 0.4 levels. It is important that the advances made during the PNIA years are not eroded in the absence of viable mechanism to sustain agricultural R&D and innovation on the long run. Most of Peru’s PhD-qualified agricultural researchers are over 60 years old, posing a significant problem for the future conduct and continuity of agricultural research. The country will need to recruit and train scientists without delay, and provide the necessary remuneration, working conditions, and incentives to maintain their commitment over time. A necessary first step is to reduce the salary gap between researchers employed at INIA and those at universities. 2022-11-16 2024-04-12T13:36:55Z 2024-04-12T13:36:55Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140939 en es Open Access application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Inter-American Development Bank Stads, Gert-Jan; and de los Santos, Luis. 2022. Peru: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet. Agricultural R&D Indicators Factsheet. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140939
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gender
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stakeholders
agricultural policies
agricultural research
agriculture
financing
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