TROPICAL TREE CROP D

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The project supports the Government's objectives of improving the productivity of agrarian reform settlements and small farmers and increasing production of key crops. It consists of: (a) long-term financing for the renovation of 1,500 ha of coffee; (b) long-term financing for the renovation of 600 ha and the planting of an additional 1,900 ha of cocoa; (c) long-term financing for the planting of 1,000 ha of bananas on land worked by three agrarian reform groups; (d) long-term financing for the planting of 3,000 ha of oil palm principally on land worked by agrarian reform groups and the construction of the first stage of an oil processing plant (10 metric tons/hour); (e) consulting services to assist and train local coffee, cocoa, and oil palm technicians and to assist in operating an evaluation system to assess the impact of the cocoa and coffee programs; and (f) purchase of vehicles and equipment required by extension staff.