AGRIC. RESEARCH I

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Project components include: (a) a program of civil works to build, expand or improve the experiment station buildings and facilities at two of the three Agricultural Research Center sites, five of the eight National Commodity Center sites and all fourteen of the state level research station sites; (b) the procurement of laboratory and farm equipment and vehicles for the different stations; (c) the development of research plots, including initial land preparation and the installation of irrigation systems as necessary; (d) the purchase of land for several of the sites not yet Government owned; (e) the provision of a technical assistance program including the equivalent of some 60 man-years of longer term (one to five years) consulting services and 41 man-years of shorter-term services; (f) a fellowship program for the training over a five-year period, in Brazil and overseas, of 123 EMBRAPA staff to the Ph.D. level and 663 to the M.Sc. level; and an inservice program of short course training for an additional 180 staff members.