FOOD POLICY INDICATORS: TRACKING CHANGE
Decisionmakers and policy analysts need solid evidence and timely informa- tion to develop and implement effective food policies. Te International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) develops and shares global public goods—including datasets, indicators, and indexes—as part of its mission to provide research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. Tis information can be used to gauge the impact of policy changes and the progress made on specific aspects of development.
Tis section provides updates on data generated by IFPRI research in 2014, including indi- cators on investments in agricultural research, public spending in agriculture, food pol- icy research capacity, and agricultural total factor productivity, as well as a hunger index at the country level. All indicators are available online and present an interactive display of the data.
Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)
Policymakers increasingly recognize that greater invest- ment in agricultural research is an essential element in raising agricultural productivity. Data on the size and scope of research capacity and investments, as well as on the changing institutional structure and functioning of agricul- tural research agencies, enhance our understanding of how agricultural research promotes agricultural growth. Indica- tors derived from such information allow the performance, inputs, and outcomes of agricultural research systems to be measured, monitored, and benchmarked. Te International Food Policy Research Institute’s Agri-
cultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initia- tive is the main source of statistics and other information on agricultural research in low and middle income countries. Working with a large network of country-level collaborators, ASTI conducts primary surveys to collect data from gov- ernment agencies, institutions of higher education, nonprof- its, and private for-profit companies involved in agricultural R&D in close to 80 developing countries worldwide. ASTI publishes quantitative and qualitative information and identifies trends in funding sources, spending levels and
allocations, and human resource capacities, at both country and regional levels. Table 1 presents only a fraction of the available ASTI indi-
cators. Te ASTI website (
www.asti.cgiar.org) offers addi- tional indicators—including national-level timeseries data on researcher capacity by qualification level, age bracket, and commodity—as well as a detailed breakdown of agricultural R&D investment by funding source and cost category. Te interactive country pages on the ASTI website allow users to access country-level timeseries data, make cross-country comparisons, create graphs, and download country datasets. Te country pages also feature recent ASTI factsheets, other country-level publications, and detailed institutional infor- mation on agencies involved in agricultural R&D. Moreover, the interactive benchmarking tool on the ASTI website is a convenient map-based instrument allowing users to make cross-country comparisons and rankings based on a wide set of financial and human resource indicators. Te detailed ASTI datasets are available in an easy-to-use data download tool. Finally, detailed spending and human-capacity data for CGIAR centers are also available.
Download data:
www.asti.cgiar.org Contact: Nienke Beintema (
n.beintema@
cgiar.org), Gert-Jan Stads (
g.stads@
cgiar.org), and
asti@cgiar.org
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