The following clients have funded and continue to fund Research Projects for CSIR-STEPRI
- The World Bank;
- The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU);
- Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO);
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada;
- Department for International Development (DfID) of UK;
- The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI);
- Alliance for Green Revolution Africa (AGRA;
- Oxford University;
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);
- United Nations University in Maastricht;
- The Netherlands (UNU-MERIT);
- Washington State University in the US;
- Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA);
- The European Union;
- The Nordic Development Fund;
- Swedish International Development Agency (SiDA);
- Brunnel University;
- Washington University; and
- The Rural Enterprises Programme of the Ministry of Trade and Industry.