AGRIC RES

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The Credit would finance: (a) a headquarters secretariat building for the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC); (b) incremental staff and facilities for the improvement of PARC's administration; especially financial planning, procurement, audit, accounts, training, technical assistance, personnel and management, project implementation and supervision of construction of civil works; (c) technical service units at PARC and at the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) for: collection, publication and dissemination of research information; maintenance and repair of laboratory equipment; development of the research station at NARC and supporting research program development in plant sciences; animal sciences; cereal diseases; oilseeds; agricultural engineering and agricultural economics; (d) supporting agricultural research subprojects conducted by non-PARC research agencies; (e) overseas and local training to M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels and for short career development courses for research personnel; and (f) technical assistance in management techniques and technical research program development and for a mid-term review of project progress.