摘要：The number of higher-education institutions and the students enrolled in them hasgrown rapidly throughout Africa since the early 1960s. The number of universitiesincreased from less than 20 in 1960 to nearly 160 by 1996; student numbers grew from119,000 to almost two million over the same period, yet enrollment ratios in Africacontinue to lag well behind developed and other-developing country norms. Funding forhigher-education in Africa kept pace with the expanding institutional base during the1960s and 1970s, but has fallen well behind the growth in student numbers since 1980. The pattern of the development of the agricultural sciences has matched the generalpattern of development of the higher-education sector.Three quarters of the countries in Africa currently offer some tertiary training in theagricultural sciences. Only one half of the African faculties of agricultural sciences offerpostgraduate degrees, and most of these programs were established in the past decade. Nonetheless, much of the rapid growth in the number of national scientists working innational agricultural research institutes continues to rely on scientists trained to thepostgraduate (and also BSc) level outside the region.
关键词：university education; Africa; agriculture; R&D; human capital
