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An assessment of the critical human, financial, and institutional capacity issues affecting West African agricultural R&D: Synthesis and policy considerations

This current synthesis highlights the cross-cutting trends and challenges that emerged from the country-level data for West Africa, structuring it within five broad areas: funding capacity, human resource capacity, research outputs, research-related infrastructure, and institutional conditions-all i...

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Main Authors: Beintema, Nienke M., Stads, Gert-Jan
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
Subjects:
research institutions
funding
education
gender
investment
agricultural research
agricultural policies
evaluation
agricultural development
food security
public expenditure
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151022
Summary:This current synthesis highlights the cross-cutting trends and challenges that emerged from the country-level data for West Africa, structuring it within five broad areas: funding capacity, human resource capacity, research outputs, research-related infrastructure, and institutional conditions-all in terms of whether they support or impede the effective and efficient conduct of agricultural R&D. This report concludes with a set of national and regional policy recommendations for ECOWAS’s Council of Ministers of Agriculture, national-level decisionmakers, and other stakeholders.

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