Agricultural sciences in Chile: Institutions, human resources, investment and scientific productivity

ABSTRACT Agricultural science in Chile began in 1881 with the establishment of the Agronomic Station of the National Society of Agriculture (SNA). In this article we described the history and evolution of research and development (R+D) and human capital training in this field. The main research inst...

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Autores principales:	del Pozo,Alejandro, Engler,Alejandra, Meza,Francisco
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA 2021
Materias:	Agricultural research doctoral programs funding agencies publications R+D projects
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-583920210004006642021-10-27Agricultural sciences in Chile: Institutions, human resources, investment and scientific productivitydel Pozo,AlejandroEngler,AlejandraMeza,Francisco Agricultural research doctoral programs funding agencies publications R+D projects ABSTRACT Agricultural science in Chile began in 1881 with the establishment of the Agronomic Station of the National Society of Agriculture (SNA). In this article we described the history and evolution of research and development (R+D) and human capital training in this field. The main research institution, in terms of territory coverage and human resources, is the Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), along with five regional research centers, specialized in different aspect of agricultural science, and 20 schools of agriculture and 11 doctoral programs associated to different universities. Public investment in agricultural R+D is provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Economy and Regional Governments, reaching around US$200 million in the last decade. The number of researchers in agricultural science is ~ 40 per million of inhabitants (~ 800 in total). An average of 140 projects per year are financed in agriculture R+D by different funding agencies. The scientific productivity was estimated in ~ 0.45 articles (Scopus) per researcher. It is concluded that, although significant progress has been made the last decades, there is still a reduced number of researchers and insufficient investment to face urgent challenges of the agricultural sector in Chile.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIAChilean journal of agricultural research v.81 n.4 20212021-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392021000400664en10.4067/S0718-58392021000400664
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description	ABSTRACT Agricultural science in Chile began in 1881 with the establishment of the Agronomic Station of the National Society of Agriculture (SNA). In this article we described the history and evolution of research and development (R+D) and human capital training in this field. The main research institution, in terms of territory coverage and human resources, is the Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), along with five regional research centers, specialized in different aspect of agricultural science, and 20 schools of agriculture and 11 doctoral programs associated to different universities. Public investment in agricultural R+D is provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Economy and Regional Governments, reaching around US$200 million in the last decade. The number of researchers in agricultural science is ~ 40 per million of inhabitants (~ 800 in total). An average of 140 projects per year are financed in agriculture R+D by different funding agencies. The scientific productivity was estimated in ~ 0.45 articles (Scopus) per researcher. It is concluded that, although significant progress has been made the last decades, there is still a reduced number of researchers and insufficient investment to face urgent challenges of the agricultural sector in Chile.
author	del Pozo,Alejandro Engler,Alejandra Meza,Francisco
author_facet	del Pozo,Alejandro Engler,Alejandra Meza,Francisco
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title	Agricultural sciences in Chile: Institutions, human resources, investment and scientific productivity
title_short	Agricultural sciences in Chile: Institutions, human resources, investment and scientific productivity
title_full	Agricultural sciences in Chile: Institutions, human resources, investment and scientific productivity
title_fullStr	Agricultural sciences in Chile: Institutions, human resources, investment and scientific productivity
title_full_unstemmed	Agricultural sciences in Chile: Institutions, human resources, investment and scientific productivity
title_sort	agricultural sciences in chile: institutions, human resources, investment and scientific productivity
publisher	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA
publishDate	2021
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Agricultural sciences in Chile: Institutions, human resources, investment and scientific productivity

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