RESEARCH EXTENSION

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The National Agricultural Research and Extension Project aims to improve the efficiency of Guinea's agricultural research and extension services, and develop an institutional framework for promoting farmer's organizations. The main objective being to assist farmers who operate at a very low level of technology in improving the productivity of their farming systems. These objectives will be accomplished through: (a) providing the support to plan, manage, and monitor a National Research and Extension Program; (b) funding and expanding commodity research; (c) testing of locally available crop varieties and production techniques; and (d) creation and consolidation of links among research, extension, and farmers. Further, the project will also provide for the development of an institutional framework for promoting farmer organizations and a major training program to develop the Guinean capacity for designing, managing, and implementing research and extension operations.