RURAL DEVELOPMENT I

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The project would include: establishment of 90 service centers to support improved extension, supply distribution, credit and training services to farmers, provision of fertilizers, insecticides, seed dressings, improved seeds, spare parts, farm equipment and oxen for cash or credit terms, that would improve the production of 108,000 ha of annual crops including millet, sorghum, maize, groundnuts, yams, cotton, rice, cowpeas and tomatoes; development of research and seed multiplication centers; and improved on-farm grain storage; establishment of 10 cattle ranches (2000 ha each); improvement of animal health and husbandry techniques; establishment of an adult functional literacy scheme, improvement and expansion of staff training to include among other subjects simple human nutrition; and expansion of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation's broadcasting network throughout the Upper Region; construction and improving 120 new small dams and 100 existing dams, protecting about 160,000 ha of farm land with soil conservation measures; constructing 700 villages wells; constructing stores, offices and houses; providing vehicles and equipment for support services; and constructing two cotton ginneries; and institutional support and development planning.