AGRI RESEARCH

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The project would constitute a first phase of a long-term support program to strengthen the national agricultural research in Rwanda, and to make agricultural research activities more responsive and applicable to the needs and constraints of the producers. The project would consist of: (a) the development of a long-term master plan for agricultural research, including a national seed multiplication and distribution policy and a long-term manpower development plan; (b) support of on-going research programs; (c) institutional development of Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda (ISAR) through reinforcement and reorganization of research efforts, the expansion of farming systems and on-farm research, better linkages between research and extension activities, and the improvement of research management; (d) development, rehabilitation and equipping of research station facilities and other essential agricultural and laboratory equipment; (e) provision of a soils map of Rwanda; and (f) support to the Agriculture Faculty and to the Department of Geography of the University of Rwanda to increase the research capabilities of students and faculty.