AGRIC. SERVICES

closed

The proposed project would provide: (i) technical assistance and training; (ii) additional ABS buildings for offices, stores and staff housing to increase efficiency and to facilitate supply distribution and marketing; (iii) vehicles for ABS headquarters and branch offices to enable timely services to farmers; and (iv) incremental ABS operating costs such as salaries, vehicle expenses, and building maintenance. The project would further provide as appropriate: (v) pumpsets and spare parts to ensure adequate water supply to crops in Abu Hamed and Dongola areas and tubewells in the Dongola area; (vi) agricultural machinery, and trucks in the selected subproject areas; and (vii) incremental annual farm inputs, cash advances, and other farm operational costs in the subproject areas.