NATIONAL EXTENSION

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The project would strengthen agricultural extension services by: (i) increasing the number of field level staff and regularizing their in-service training throughout Malaysia; (ii) constructing and strengthening pre-service training facilities in Sabah and Sarawak; (iii) providing 135 man-years of graduate and undergraduate fellowships, (iv) providing vehicles, equipment, housing, offices and storage facilities for extension services; and (v) providing about 78 man-months of consultant services. The project would also provide for the improvement and expansion of seed production, processing and marketing facilities at federal and state crop production centers; it includes 31 man-years of training fellowships and 24 man-months of consultant services for seed development.