W.BENGAL EXT.& RES.

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The West Bengal Agricultural Credit Project will finance the consolidation and strengthening of West Bengal's reorganized agricultural extension services and help to upgrade and develop its adaptive research facilities with the objective of achieving early and sustained improvements in foodgrain production. The project components will include: (i) the provision of housing for about 40 percent of agricultural extension staff as well as offices and transportation to improve mobility of the reorganized extension service. (ii) improvement of seven existing staff training centers by the construction of hostels, classrooms, additional teaching staff, equipment and vehicles. (iii) the provision of staff, equipment and funds for studies to evaluate and monitor project progress and impact. (iv) the provision of 300 training fellowships in extension work and 130 research training fellowships. (v) the provision of about 15 man-months of short-term consultancy visits.