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The Agricultural Services Sector Project addresses two main goals of the Government's new agricultural sector policy: improvement of cost-effectiveness of public expenditures in the agricultural sector and improvement of nutritional standards and incomes in rural areas. The project is a hybrid operation composed of a policy component and an investment component. The policy component focuses on: (i) reforming the agricultural input policy; (ii) reorganization of Buyenzi and Kirimiro Regional Development Companies (RDC); and (iii) reforming the salary structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MOAL) staff. The investment component comprises: (i) strengthening of MOAL's central services; (ii) strengthening agricultural research; (iii) strengthening through reorganization of regional agricultural services; (iv) management of RDC reorganization; (v) promotion of community development and rural youth employment; and (vi) strengthening of the cooperative movement.