I am Abdulmojeed Yakubu, a Senior Lecturer of Animal Breeding and Genetics at Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Shabu-Lafia Campus, Lafia, Nigeria. I quite agree with the view of AbdulJabbar Alkhazraji (Message 71) as regards the difficulties faced by most of the developing countries in assessing and evaluating agricultural research. In Nigeria for instance, having access to internal research funds is a very serious problem as there are very few of such research granting bodies. Evaluating research output is not given a priority attention by the government as this is done mainly by research institutes and organizations of foreign extractions. Take, for instance, the distribution of the indigenous Shika Brown layers released by the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) in the year 2000. Up till now, there is no published report to indicate how this innovation has impacted on the lives of Nigerians. A. Yakubu, Senior Lecturer of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Shabu-Lafia Campus, P.M.B. 135, Lafia, Nigeria. Email: abdul_mojeedy (at) yahoo.com Mobile no: +2348065644748 [To contribute to this conference, send your message to [log in to unmask] For further information, see http://www.fao.org/nr/research-extension-systems/res-home/news/detail/en/c/217706/ ]. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the Impact-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=Impact-L&A=1