RUBBER II (SOUTHWEST

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The Second Grand-Bereby Rubber Project for Cote d'Ivoire will be implemented over seven years and would aim at completing a 13,500 ha rubber plantation started under the first rubber project, by adding 6,500 ha to the 7,000 ha which will have been planted by 1978 under the first project. These areas would be maintained during the project period until they enter into production. The project would also provide for access roads; housing, schools, dispensaries and other social infrastructure for estate workers; loans and extension services to individual farmers who would carry out an outgrowers' program over 500 ha; building and equipment for a rubber processing factory; training and technical assistance for Project management.