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The project would help Sri Lanka to (a) introduce a Training and Visit (T&V) extension system throughout the entire country, (b) strengthen adaptive research, and (c) improve and expand training of extension officers. The project would establish a link between research and extension and enhance the intensity, coverage and the content of agricultural extension services. A unified extension system would be developed, under which extension workers would receive biweekly training, visit farmers according to planned schedules, and transmit extension messages. The project would raise production and income levels on about 4.8 m acres of land, cultivated by about 1.4 m farm families. The output includes rice, a wide range of upland crops, coconut and undercrops, vegetables and fruits, and livestock.