AGRIC RES

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The National Agricultural Research Project constitutes a first seven year phase of a long term support program to strengthen national agricultural research in Madagascar. Specifically, the project will consist of: (i) support to ongoing priority research programs with the accent on improving research quality and adaptability and on research-extension linkages; (ii) institutional strengthening of the National Center for Applied Research for Rural Development (FOFIFA) through a reorganization that will separate research and station management; (iii) human resources development, education and training; (iv) a program of construction, rehabilitation and re-equipment for the research network covering FOFIFA's headquarters and central laboratories in Antananarivo, eight regional research centers, four research stations, and five substations; and (vi) coordination of external assistance among all donors funding agricultural research in Madagascar.