AGRIC. EXT.

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The project will provide investment and recurrent expenditures for the : (i) setting up of an appropriately staffed and streamlined organization and management structure, based on a single chain of command from headquarters to the field, and able to provide effective leadership; (ii) introduction of a cost-effective extension methodology to enhance the adoption of improved technologies by project participants; (iii) acquisition and maintenance of new or upgraded physical infrastructure, including staff housing and training facilities, equipment and materials, and vehicles required to enable staff to attend a higher degree of coverage of the farming community; (iv) stregthening of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development's (MALD) implementation capacity through the provision of technical assistance; and (v) preparation of the second phase of the agricultural and livestock rehabilitation process.