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The National Agricultural Research Project constitutes the first five-year phase of a long term support program to strengthen the national agricultural research system in Zaire in order to make it more responsive and relevant to farmers' needs and constraints. The project will: (a) support the reorganization of the National Agricultural Research Institute of Zaire (INERA) through: (i) the integration of all government executed agricultural research activities under a single structure; (ii) the separation of research and station management; (iii) the improvement of communication and information systems and the development of research data bases. It will also: (b) strengthen INERA through: (i) the provision of support for priority research programs focussing upon improved quality and better technology transfer to farmers; (ii) rehabilitation, construction and re-equipping of a network of ten research stations and INERA's headquarters; (iii) support to human resources development through training, scholarships and improvement of conditions of service.