AGR. RES.& EXT.

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The purpose of the Agricultural Research and Extension project is to raise the productivity of Zambia's agricultural sector by improving research and extension services to farmers, particularly smallholders. The project provides for staff training, technical assistance, civil works, equipment and other facilities to strengthen existing institutions and infrastructure in support of adaptive and applied research programs and extension services. It also supports reorganization of extension services in three of Zambia's nine provinces, and improvement in the linkages between research and extension services that are more responsive to smallholders' needs and constraints. The project further aims to promote more efficient utilization of agricultural resources, better coordination of external assistance, and improvements in the institutional framework and manpower resources.