EXPORT CROPS I

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The overall objectives of the project are to expand production and promote marketing of export crops by providing credit, critical support services and infrastructure. The project provides for: medium- and long-term farm credit to export crop farmers to be channelled through ACB and the commercial banks. It also includes investments to enable expansion of cigar tobacco production; upgrading of banana boxing plants and port facilities, airport shed and storage facilities, and plant protection facilities. Further, the project provides technical assistance to strengthen the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG), ACB and the commodity organizations and to carry out extension activities, adaptive research, and marketing studies; and training.