AGRIC.RURAL DEVT.

closed

The Corum Cankiri Rural Development Project will provide a means of increasing the production of crops and livestock, as well as increasing farmer income and standard of living in the Corum and Cankiri provinces through: (a) an intensive extension service; (b) provision of credit through the ABT; (c) construction of new irrigation facilities for about 12,500 ha and on-farm development for about 7,500 ha; (d) construction of 65 km of new village access road, rehabilitation of 164 km of existing roads and maintenance of 904 km of new and existing roads; (e) provision of drinking water for 120 villages, 20 through wells and the others from springs; (f) provision of electricity to 233 settlement areas; (g) construction of Village Centers in 63 villages; (h) consultancy services, including project monitoring and preparation of future projects; and (i) training, equipment and buildings to carry out the above project activities.