Development and Agriculture Research

Event Details

Dr. Robert Ayling is a senior consultant to the Special Program for African Agricultural Research (SPAAR), and has previously served under USAID and the Department of Agriculture in Cote d?Ivoire and Liberia as an agricultural consultant. Ayling begins by highlighting the differences in resources and climates in different African nations that can affect each country?s economy and agricultural production. Mr. Ayling details the obstacles to productive agricultural research such as lack of focus and coordination between countries, and he explains how SPAAR attempts to overcome them. In the question and answer period, Ayling responds to queries about training and education and comparisons with American agriculture.