CENTRE-WEST R.D. II

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Key elements of the Center West Agricultural Development Project are: (a) crop development programs administered by Satmaci involving a set of technical packages for coffee regeneration, cocoa rehabilitation, and increased production of rice, maize, yams, groundnuts and coconuts; and (b) agricultural service and institutional support consisting of an improved system of extension services including a pilot program with a new approach to extension and a training program for 280 extension workers, the development of village cooperatives, applied research, and monitoring and evaluation programs, and providing increased autonomy, with improved management, to SATMACI's center-west regional office.