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The Agricultural Technical Assistance Project will assist in strengthening the Federal Department of Rural Development and related institutions responsible for or of critical importance to the implementation of the recently initiated Food Production Plant for Nigeria (1981-85) through the provision of a well-balanced package of technical assistance and logistical support, including some 318 man-years of specialist services. The project will consist of technical assistance and related logistical support aimed at strengthening the ADP and ADA project support capability of FDRD and related agencies. It will: (i) improve and expand federal evaluation and policy-making capability through the reorganization of and additional support for APMEPU; (ii) reinforce federal monitoring, agronomic, training, and planning service and provide additional federal support services through the establishment of one central and four regional support units; and (iii) strengthen federal grains marketing, agricultural credit, and livestock development support services, and possibly other support services concerning the marketing of commodities and farm input procurement and distribution, through staff support for the responsible agencies.