Agricultural Research, Extension & Training Project

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The Agricultural Research, Extension, and Training Project aims to initiate the development of an efficient and cost-effective agricultural knowledge system to demonstrate, disseminate, and promote the adoption of appropriate technologies that increase sustainable agricultural production and reduce pollution of natural resources. There are three project components. The first funds adaptive research and technology dissemination, and supports agricultural practices to reduce environmental pollution. The second component reforms the agricultural research system. The third component finances a pilot pollution control program that promotes efficient manure management practices; adapts research, conducts on-farm testing, and demonstrates the use of bio-gas digesters in villages; and sets up a watershed-scale water quality monitoring program.