TERRES NEUVES II

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The Second Terres Neuves Resettlement Project for Senegal will provide for: (a) creation of nine new villages for 450 settler families and installation of 150 families in existing villages; (b) construction of 8 settlement officers' houses, 9 stores, 12 classrooms, 76 km of village access tracks and 25 km of secondary roads; (c) construction of 9 wells for new villages and rehabilitation of about 15 wells for existing villages accepting settlers; (d) procurement of settlers' tools, provision of grants for manual land clearing and subsistence allowances, and arrangements of credit facilities for agricultural inputs and mechanical land clearing; (e) agricultural extension services; and (f) consulting services and Senegalese staff required to prepare a regional master plan and investment proposals for the development of the rural sector in Eastern Senegal.