RUBBER REPLANTING I

closed

The project comprises the Fund's entire replanting program during the period 1976-80 and has the following principal components: (a) replanting, using improved material and techniques, of about 25,000 ha of rubber in 1976-77; 35,000 ha in 1977-78; and about 50,000 ha in 1978-79 and 1979-80 respectively, for a total of about 160,000 ha (of which 80,000 ha would be incremental); (b) increasing the capacity of the Fund to cope with the production of high quality planting material for an annual replanting program of 50,000 ha; (c) maintenance of all immature replantings; (d) establishment of about 400 Group Marketing Organizations (GMOs); (e) increasing the use of modern yield stimulation techniques during the final three years prior to replanting on about 100,000 ha p.a.; (f) expanding training programs for Fund staff and for rubber smallholders, in techniques of planting, field maintenance, tapping, processing and marketing; (g) technical assistance for project planning and implementation by UNDP/FAO; and (h) establishing a monitoring system to evaluate the socio-economic impact of, and rubber growers incentives and participation in, the replanting program.