Central Asia & Caucasus national/regional investment trends and national/regional knowledge requirements and incentives for monitoring Dr. Alisher Tashmatov, Executive Secretary, Central Asia and Caucasus Association for Agricultural Research Institutions Stakeholder workshop on tracking investments in Agricultural Research for Development GFAR/EIARD/GDPRD

Average agricultural research investments as a percentage of agricultural GDP in developing countries are 0.58%, compared with 2.4% in developed economies. The GCARD 2010 Road Map Transforming Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) Systems for Global Impact The CGIAR estimates that to deliver developmental outcomes on the scale required to meet the major challenges that lie ahead and in view of the enormous investment backlog already caused by the under- funding of the past two decades, it will be necessary to triple the global scale of investment in AR4D over the next 15 years.

Total investments into agricultural research In CAC countries for 2011 * Own estimates ** % for total science out of GDP of Tajikistan *** Own estimates Armenia0.01% Azerbaijan0.043% Georgia*0.01% Kazakhstan0.37% Kyrgyzstan0.01% Tajikistan**0.1% Turkmenistann/a Uzbekistan***0.13% Source: The Synthesized report on Transformation national agricultural research and innovation’ systems for the purpose of improving efficiency of agriculture of the countries Central Asia and Southern Caucasus

in CAC in less developed countries in developed countries 2.4% in AR4D 0.58% in AR4D 0.1% in AR4D Agricultural Research System Potential for Development

AR4D system of the CAC focuses joint efforts on three main goals of agricultural research: 1.Improving welfare of rural population, particularly vulnerable groups of population, as well as those dependent on agriculture. 2.Guaranteed improvement of the quality, volume and nutritional status of food through the intensification and diversification of agriculture to protect vulnerable and low income groups. 3.Rational use of natural resources and mitigating adverse effects of climate change.

: In the CAC an increase of investments in AR4D of gross agricultural output is supposed to be up to  1% by 2015, by 2025  2% by 2020,  3% by As result of discussion of the Brainstorm meeting “Transforming National agricultural systems and innovations” be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 29 November - 03 December 2011, the total investments average in CAC region should not be less 1% by CAC Regional Strategy of transforming and strengthening AR4D stipulates to increase investments in agricultural research and innovation:

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) Nodal points Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan* CACAARI Technical consultant 8 national surveys Regional Report on ASTI

AR4D Public investments Private sector investments International institutions and donors Sources of investments

Donors’ aid coordination Despite the positive impact of donors’ aid, its effect could be much higher given ensured by coordination of activities. Creating mechanism for coordination and coherence among donors would greatly increase expected outcomes, bridging between segments of agriculture.

M&E of AR4D transformation Source: The Regional strategy of Transformation and strengthening of agricultural research and innovation systems for development for the countries Central Asia and Southern Caucasus, Dr. Botir Dosov, 2011

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