Transforming research and innovation human capital is crucial for Zimbabwe to become a global leader in addressing global challenges such as food insecurity, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and diseases. To meet Vision 2030, Zimbabwe needs to increase the number of researchers and adequately support them through private and public funds. Our policy roadmap identifies four key pillars — train more doctoral students, retain and empower current researchers, attract outstanding researchers, and fund basic and applied research — that policymakers should prioritize to accelerate transitioning from knowledge consumers to knowledge producers and build resilient and sustainable infrastructure to meet Vision 2030.

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