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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Autores principales: Beintema, Nienke M., Stads, Gert-Jan
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151022
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spelling CGSpace1510222025-02-24T06:46:32Z An assessment of the critical human, financial, and institutional capacity issues affecting West African agricultural R&D: Synthesis and policy considerations Beintema, Nienke M. Stads, Gert-Jan research institutions funding education gender investment agricultural research agricultural policies evaluation agricultural development food security public expenditure 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. 2014 2024-08-01T02:54:52Z 2024-08-01T02:54:52Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151022 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146326 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development Beintema, Nienke M.; and Stads, Gert-Jan. 2014. An assessment of the critical human, financial, and institutional capacity issues affecting West African agricultural R&D: Synthesis and policy considerations. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD). https://www.asti.cgiar.org/publications/regional-synthesis-asti-coraf.
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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
title An assessment of the critical human, financial, and institutional capacity issues affecting West African agricultural R&D: Synthesis and policy considerations
title_full An assessment of the critical human, financial, and institutional capacity issues affecting West African agricultural R&D: Synthesis and policy considerations
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title_full_unstemmed An assessment of the critical human, financial, and institutional capacity issues affecting West African agricultural R&D: Synthesis and policy considerations
title_short An assessment of the critical human, financial, and institutional capacity issues affecting West African agricultural R&D: Synthesis and policy considerations
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funding
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gender
investment
agricultural research
agricultural policies
evaluation
agricultural development
food security
public expenditure
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