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Liangzhi You

Liangzhi You is a Senior Research Fellow and theme leader in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on climate resilience, spatial data and analytics, agroecosystems, and agricultural science policy. Gridded crop production data of the world (SPAM) and the agricultural technology evaluation model (DREAM) are among his research contributions. 

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Panama: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet

2022Stads, Gert-Jan; de los Santos, Luis
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Panama: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet

Panama’s agricultural research spending has gradually increased during 2004–2020, at an average rate of 2.6 percent per year. Expenditure levels peaked in 2017, but they have remained relatively high since. The 2017 peak can to a large extent be explained by the construction and equipment of IDIAP’s new headquarters. Panama outperforms many of its Central American counterparts in a number of key agricultural R&D indicators. Compared to many of its neighbors, Panama invests a considerably higher proportion of its agricultural output in agricultural research; it employs a relatively high number of scientists with PhD degrees; and it generates an aboveaverage flow of research outputs in the form of publications, new crop varieties, and new agricultural technologies. A very large proportion of Panama’s PhD-qualified agricultural researchers is approaching retirement age, posing a significant problem for the future conduct and continuity of agricultural research. The country will need to recruit and train scientists without delay, and provide the necessary remuneration, working conditions, and incentives to maintain their commitment over time.

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2022

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Stads, Gert-Jan; de los Santos, Luis

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Stads, Gert-Jan; and de los Santos, Luis. 2022. Panama: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet. Agricultural R&D Indicators Factsheet. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

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Panama

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Central America; Research Methods; Funding; Gender; Research Support; Commodities; Stakeholders; Agricultural Policies; Agricultural Research; Agriculture; Financing

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English

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Open Access

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ASTI Panama Database

2016Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators
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ASTI Panama Database

This dataset includes national-level time series data on researcher capacity by qualification level, age bracket, discipline mix, and commodity, as well as a detailed breakdown of agricultural research investment across government, higher education, nonprofit, and (where possible) private for-profit agricultural research agencies. These data were derived through a series of primary survey rounds conducted by IFPRI’s Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) and in close collaboration with a large network of national collaborators. The ASTI data constitute a powerful resource for national and regional research managers, policymakers, donor organizations, and other stakeholders. ASTI’s key indicators provide both a diagnostic tool for assessing the allocation and use of existing resources and an advocacy tool for increasing resources and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of resource use. The ASTI website offers interactive pages that allow users to access country-level time series data, make cross-country comparisons, create graphs, and download country datasets and publications as well as detailed institutional information on agencies involved in agricultural research. 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. The detailed ASTI datasets are available in an easy-to-use data download tool. Detailed information on definitions, methodology, and calculation procedures are available at www.asti.cgiar.org

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2016

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Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators

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Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators. 2016. ASTI Panama database. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://www.asti.cgiar.org/panama. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

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Panama

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Americas; Latin America and the Caribbean; Central America; Agricultural Research

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-NC-3.0

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2015 Nutrition country profile: Panama

2015International Food Policy Research Institute
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2015 Nutrition country profile: Panama

The 193 individual country profiles capture the status and progress of all UN Member States, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention coverage, food supply, economics, and demography. This tool is particularly useful for nutrition champions at the country-level, as it presents a wide range of evidence needed to assess country progress in improving nutrition and nutrition-related outcomes.

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2015

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International Food Policy Research Institute

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International Food Policy Research Institute. 2015. 2015 Nutrition country profile: Panama. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute

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Panama

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Central America; Latin America; Anaemia; Sustainable Development Goals; Economic Development; Nutrition Policies; Health; Agricultural Policies; Indicators; Stunting; Sustainability; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Private Sector; Children; Wasting Disease (nutritional Disorder); Agricultural Development; Micronutrients; Breastfeeding; Overweight; Diabetes; Obesity; Food Systems; Climate Change

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English

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Open Access

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Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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ASTI Panama Database

2016Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators
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ASTI Panama Database

This dataset includes national-level time series data on researcher capacity by qualification level, age bracket, discipline mix, and commodity, as well as a detailed breakdown of agricultural research investment across government, higher education, nonprofit, and (where possible) private for-profit agricultural research agencies. These data were derived through a series of primary survey rounds conducted by IFPRI’s Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) and in close collaboration with a large network of national collaborators. The ASTI data constitute a powerful resource for national and regional research managers, policymakers, donor organizations, and other stakeholders. ASTI’s key indicators provide both a diagnostic tool for assessing the allocation and use of existing resources and an advocacy tool for increasing resources and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of resource use. The ASTI website offers interactive pages that allow users to access country-level time series data, make cross-country comparisons, create graphs, and download country datasets and publications as well as detailed institutional information on agencies involved in agricultural research. 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. The detailed ASTI datasets are available in an easy-to-use data download tool. Detailed information on definitions, methodology, and calculation procedures are available at www.asti.cgiar.org

Year published

2016

Authors

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators

Citation

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators. 2016. ASTI Panama database. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://www.asti.cgiar.org/panama. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

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Panama

Keywords

Americas; Latin America and the Caribbean; Central America; Agricultural Research

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-NC-3.0

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Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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News

July 18, 2022 | In the News

Protests spread to Panama as inflation, gas prices strangle developing world (Daily Wire) 

Daily Wire published an article about how widespread protests have gripped Panama for weeks as residents grow frustrated over high gas prices and rising inflation. News of the protests in Panama follows a collapse of the government in Sri Lanka, which occurred as residents grew frustrated over food and fuel prices. Russia and Ukraine produce […]