AGRIC. SERVICES

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The Agricultural Services Support Project is the first phase of a long-term project aimed at improving support services to farmers and herders. The project will finance three components : (i) extension services, incorporating lessons learned during a two year pilot program, to make such services more responsive and more effective nationwide; (ii) livestock services, including the strengthening and reorientation of preventive and curative animal health services, to owners and herders of cattle and smallstock nationwide; and (iii) functional literacy services which will provide representatives of farmers' groups nationwide with functional literacy skills. The project will also provide funding for vehicles, equipment and infrastructure; manpower development and training costs; and operating costs.