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Burkina Faso: Agricultural R&D Indicators Factsheet

Burkina Faso: ASTI Agricultural R&D Indicators Factsheet Agricultural R&D spending in Burkina Faso has followed a highly erratic pattern in recent years. The government funds research staff...

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Burkina Faso: Fiche d’information sur les indicateurs de la R&D agricole

Burkina Faso: Fiche d’information sur les indicateurs de la R&D agricole On observe une évolution très erratique des dépenses en R&D agricole au cours des dernières années. Les salaires des...

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Cape Verde: Agricultural R&D Indicators Factsheet

Cape Verde: ASTI Agricultural R&D Indicators Factsheet INIDA is the only agency involved in agricultural R&D in Cape Verde. Despite an increase in the number of MSc-qualified researchers in...

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The Gambia: Agricultural R&D Indicators Factsheet

Despite substantial fluctuations in yearly spending patterns, agricultural research spending in The Gambia rose by 25 percent during 2008–2011, primarily due to increased donor funding.As of 2011, only...

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Ghana: Agricultural R&D Indicators Factsheet

Public agricultural R&D spend-ing continued to increase during the 2008–2011 period. Growth was strongest at Ghana’s universities, although the CSIR institutes and CRIG also reported increases in...

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Guinea-Bissau: Agricultural R&D Indicators Factsheet

In 2011, Guinea-Bissau spent just 0.02 percent of its agricultural GDP on agricultural research—by far the lowest level in Africa (and the rest of the developing world).INPA is the nation’s only...

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Guiné-Bissau: Ficha Informativa de Indicadores de I&D Agrária

Em 2011 a Guiné-Bissau gastou apenas 0,02% do seu PIB agrário em investigação agrária — sendo de longe o nível mais baixo em África (e no resto dos países em desenvolvimento).O INPAé a única...

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Insurance versus savings: Risk management by gender

Farming households are vulnerable to many types of shocks, including weather-related events such as droughts and floods as well as health-related risks such as illness. A wide range of financial...

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Commercial banks’ response to government’s financial stimulus for improved...

This study (i) examines the implementation of recent agricultural finance policies and incentives associated with the Nigerian Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) and...

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Agriculture in Africa -- Telling Facts from Myths

Time:  9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT Presenter(s):  Keynote Speakers: Chris Barrett, Cornell University | Gero Carletto, World Bank, Living Standards Measurement Study | Luc Christiaensen, World Bank |...

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