MARDI AGR.RESEARCH

closed

The proposed project will assist the development of MARDI over the seven year period 1975-81 by providing for the services of internationally recruited scientists and specialists (104 man-years), staff fellowships for post-graduate training (286 man-years), the supply of laboratory, field and workshop equipment and supplies, the construction of buildings and the importation of improved breeds of all classes of livestock; the provision of services of specialists (9 man-years), staff fellowships (94 man-years), buildings and equipment of the Extension Liaison Unit in the Department of Agriculture. It will consist of: (a) commodity research programs for rice, field crops, pineapples, cocoa/coconut, livestock as well as research programs for agricultural products utilization, agricultural engineering and water management; (b) the establishment of a Project development unit in MARDI; (c) the establishment of an Extension Liaison Unitin the Department of Agriculture.