Maur:AGRIC SERVICES

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The Agricultural Services Project is the first five-year time slice of a long-term national program to upgrade the supply of agricultural services nationwide. The long-term objectives of this program are to increase agricultural productivity in an environmentally sustainable manner, to raise farmers' incomes, and to rationalize the use of public resources in support of agricultural services. The main components of the project are: (i) extension -- consolidating and improving agricultural extension services of the Ministry of Rural Development and the Environment (MDRE) and the National Agency for Rural Development of MDRE (SONADER) covering crop and livestock production and natural resource management; this will be done at the national level Research-Training-Extension Agency of MDRE in 9 of the 12 regions; (ii) training -- strengthening of the two agricultural training institutions; (iii) research -- strengthening the agricultural research system and improving the links with the extension services and the users; and (iv) support to the reorganization/decentralization of MDRE and policy support.