Assam Rural Infra

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The primary objectives of the Assam Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Serivices Project will be to: 1) improve equity and alleviate poverty by offering better opportunities for poorer farmers and women to contribute to agricultural growth and income generation; 2) improve the nutrition of the rural poor; 3) accelerate agricultural growth through improved use of resources, relieving infrastructural and technical constraints, and providing an enabling environment to facilitate the growth of private sector investments; 4) encourage sustainability of resource use and quality of the environment; and 5) improve the Government's long-term capacity for strategic agricultural planning. The project will support: 1) the Department of Agriculture's work program, including the extension services for horticulture, fisheries, and livestock to poor rural communities aimed at increasing their production; 2) institutional development (technology generation and extension, seed multiplication and land administration, and planning and coordination); and 3) rural infrastructure (small scale irrigation and rural roads). The project will also include a number of studies considered necessary for improving the use of natural resources and the marketing of highly perishable horticultural products.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Public Administration,Transportation

World Bank Group

Project

Road, Water Supply and Storage, Raw Materials, Government