SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CMC – Caribbean countries are to benefit from a regional initiative that is aimed at providing first-hand information and generating up-to-date statistics on the degree status of human resources as well as the structure, size, and level of investment in research and development (R&D) in Central America and the Caribbean.

The Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) said that the information would be used to update the data available for the Caribbean dating back t0 1996 and in the case of Central America, 2006.

The initiative is being undertaken by IICA and the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI).Together with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), they will be responsible for the project’s implementation, in collaboration with the agricultural research institutes of every country involved.