RURAL DEV II

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The overall objectives of the project are to increase agricultural production and generate employment and higher income for the rural poor. To achieve these objectives the project would: (a) provide medium-term credit for the purchase of irrigation equipment and incremental short-term credit for agricultural inputs; (b) strengthen and expand the TCCA/KSS/BSS/MSS Cooperative System and improve the capacity and performance of its promotional agency, the Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB); (c) streamline procedures for the purchase of irrigation equipment and for the distribution of credit; (d) expand the Irrigation Management Program (IMP) and implement a limited crop input and marketing program; and (e) assist BRDB in providing a special package of inputs to the rural poor through TCCA/BSS/MSS.