AG CREDIT IV

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Closed

The project includes the following investments: (i) farm mechanization: about 1,775 tractors with implements, 240 additional implement packages, 7,800 power tillers, 400 small irrigation units, 600 portable threshers and a small number of other items including back-pack sprayers; (ii) transport: about 400 light trucks which would be used by farmers to market produce and in areas outside Manila to transport inputs to their farms; (iii) cottage and agro-industries: about 225 subprojects over a wide range of subsectors, such as rice milling, farm implement manufacturing, woodworking, handicrafts and concrete products; (iv) coastal and inland fisheries: about 45 small coastal fishing boats and 1,200 inland fishponds with a total area of about 6,000 ha; and (v) about 3,240 small scale poultry, pig and cattle breeding and fattening subprojects; (vi) a study to assess the economic and social impact of farm mechanization in the Philippines; (vii) a training program for the staff of the Department of Rural Banks and Savings and Loan Associations; (viii) procurement of about 60 vehicles; (ix) construction and equipping of an Agricultural Machinery Testing, Evaluation and Standardization Project at the University of the Philippines at Los Banos.

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