Zambia - Eastern Province Agricultural Development Project
Fink, Carsten | Mattoo, Aaditya | Neagu, Ileana Cristina
The proposed project aims at increasing agricultural production and raising the income levels and living standards of small-scale farmers in the Eastern Province through the provision of improved services and includes the following components: (a) provision of incremental staff, equipment, housing, transport and operating funds for Zambia's agricultural research program; (b) reorganization of the Eastern province extension service into a "training and visit" system; and provision of incremental staff and operating costs, vehicles and equipment, staff housing and water supply; (c) construction of storage facilities and financing of incremental inputs for delivery to smallholders; (d) funding of incremental smallholder credit in the province; (e) technical assistance for the Zambia Agricultural Development Bank and the Eastern Co-operative Union, as well as for project implementation; (f) provision of mechanized groundnut shellers, construction of an insecticide packing plant, and storage and infrastructure at the Chipata cotton ginnery; and (g) financing of a hand-spraying program to control tsetse flies in Petauke District in Eastern Province.
اظهر المزيد [+] اقل [-]الكلمات المفتاحية الخاصة بالمكنز الزراعي (أجروفوك)
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