AGRICULTURAL EXTENSI

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The Agricultural Extension Project aims to strengthen existing extension services in areas of four of the country's five regional directorates where external financing is not presently involved and seeks to build on experience acquired in one year of pilot testing of the principles of the Training and Visit System (T & V) in the Togolese context. To this end, the project aims to introduce the main elements of the T & V system including; (a) systematic visits to groups of farmers; (b) regular training of extension staff; (c) improved linkages between extension and research; (d) proper monitoring and evaluation; and (e) efficient financial management systems at both national and regional levels. The project also seeks to provide technical assistance to the Ministere du Developpement Rural (MDR) to help in establishing the management systems and procedures for continuously upgrading technical messages. In addition, as the technology to be transferred will focus on simple, low risk changes in agricultural methods, the project will have direct benefits for the poorer segments of the population as well as for the better off.