ISSN 1020-0541
ISSN 1020-0541 FAO
RESEARCH
AND
TECHNOLOGY
PAPER
10
Gora Beye
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2002
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CHAPTER I. BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY
1.1.1 Agricultural productivity and development
1.1.2 The challenges for agricultural research
1.1.3 Development of funding for agricultural research
1.1.4 Impact of foreign assistance on agricultural research1.2 Objectives
1.3 Methodology1.3.1 Key issues
1.3.2 Donor assessments
1.3.3 Expected outputs
1.3.4 Conclusions and recommendations
CHAPTER 2. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM (NARS)
2.1 Agriculture sector
2.2 Research policies for the agriculture sector
2.3 Evolution of agricultural research systems2.3.1 Common features of agricultural systems during the colonial period before 1960
2.3.2 Early post-independence (1960-1975)2.4 Current national agricultural research systems (NARS)
2.4.1 Organizational structure and management of NARS
2.4.2 Policy formulation, planning and priority setting processes
2.4.3 Programme management process2.5 Resources of the national agricultural research systems
2.5.1 Human resources of NARS
2.5.2 Infrastructure and equipment of NARS
2.5.3 Financial resources of NARS
2.5.4 Linkages with the World Knowledge System
2.5.5 Conclusions
CHAPTER 3. ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Characteristics of the selected projects3.2.1 Programme/project formulation, priority setting mechanism, decision-making process and target group
3.2.2 Length of projects
3.2.3 Priority focus for agricultural research assistance
3.2.4 Human resources development
3.2.5 Infrastructure development and equipment
3.2.6 Recurrent and operational costs
3.2.7 Total donor contribution to project costs
CHAPTER 4. ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ON THE INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF NARS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Quality of research management4.2.1 Policy formulation
4.2.2 Country by country evidence
4.2.3 Planning
4.2.4 Organization4.3 Improvement of institutional stability
4.4 Personnel stability
4.5 Level of budget and stability of funding
4.6 Research programme stability and relevance
4.7 Linkages with the World Knowledge System
4.8 Size of the research institution/system
4.9 Monitoring and evaluation
CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN THE STUDY
5.1 Introduction
5.2 General comments
5.3 Findings by each country
5.4 Recommendations to governments and NARS in each country
CHAPTER 6. RECOMMENDATIONS TO DONORS, NARS AND GOVERNMENTS
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Recommendations to donors
6.3 Recommendations to NARS
CHAPTER 7. REFERENCES AND DOCUMENTS CONSULTED
ANNEX 1. EVOLUTION OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS
ANNEX 4. GUIDELINES FOR RESOURCE PERSON FOR CASE STUDY PREPARATION
ANNEX 5A. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROJECTS REVIEWED
ANNEX 5B. ABBREVIATIONS RELATED TO ANNEX 5A
ANNEX 6. GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PRIORITIES FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH