Agriculture Research Management

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The objective of the Agricultural Research Management Project is to increase the efficiency of the national agricultural research system and thereby to generate profitable, relevant, and sustainable agricultural technologies for Bangladeshi agricultural producers. The components of the project are as follows: 1) research management and organization, which will strengthen managerial capabilities of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) through carrying out of institutional reforms, improved economic analysis of research programs, technical assistance, construction and rehabilitation of civil works, training, contract research, and supervision of new master plans for participating Agricultural Research Institutes (ARIs); 2) priority research, which will be carried out in the ARIs on crops, fisheries, livestock and forestry; and 3) participating farming systems research, which will strengthen farming systems research programs through support to research-extension linkages and testing and dissemination of appropriate technology.