Archives for June 2018
Bangkok workshop launches new ASTI partnership
June 5, 2018
December 20 2018.
Agricultural research was one of the main drivers behind the enormous increases in food production in Southeast Asia and the Pacific during the 20th century. Ensuring food security in the coming decades—especially in light of climate change—will require sustained investment in agricultural research, and the data to inform it. [Read more...]
ASTI Successes: country initiatives in ownership and institutionalization
June 5, 2018
October 18, 2017.
A number of countries are taking initiative with ASTI data collection and outreach--institutionalizing the data collection process, disseminating the results, and embedding the data in national policy and decision-making platforms to maximize their use and accessibility. [Read more...]
A renewed vision for agricultural research in Sri Lanka
June 5, 2018
May 21, 2018.
At the ASTI launch workshop in Sri Lanka, held late April at the University of Peradeniya, organizers from the university’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Business Administration brought nearly 30 representatives from agricultural research agencies around the country together to discuss the status and trends of agricultural research investment in Sri Lanka, clarify the methodology of the ASTI data collection process, and encourage completion and submission of surveys for the current data collection round. [Read more...]