AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING

PROJECT COMPONENTS INCLUDE TRAINING, REFERENCE MATERIAL PRODUCTION, AND SUBSECTOR STUDY PREPARATION. IN-COUNTRY TRAINING PROGRAMS WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES: ENUMERATOR TRAINING, PLANNING PRINCIPLES, DATA PROCESSING CONCEPTS AND UTILIZATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, AND STATISTICAL CONCEPTS. SEVERAL COURSES WILL BE CONDUCTED EACH YEAR LASTING FROM A FEW DAYS TO 1 OR 2 WEEKS. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED BY PASA ADVISORS TO SUBORDINATES AND STAFF. WHEN LOCAL SHORT-TERM TRAINING IS NOT FEASIBLE, THIRD-COUNTRY OR US NON-ACADEMIC TRAINING WILL BE EMPLOYED. PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO BE SPONSORED AT US OR THIRD COUNTRY INSTITUTIONS FOR ADVANCED DEGREE TRAINING IN AGR ECON, STATISTICS, RURAL SOCIOLOGY,AND AGRONOMY. AN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS HANDBOOK WILL BE PREPARED. THE HANDBOOK WILL BE A COMPENDIUM OF CROP PRODUCTION, YIELD, PRICE,AND OTHER TIME SERIES DATA, OF RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE DATA, AND OF GOVT ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJS IN THE RURAL SECTOR. THE HANDBOOK WILL SERVE AS A REFERENCE DOCUMENT FOR RESEARCHERS AND PLANNERS. AN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICAL YEARBOOK WILL ALSO BE COMPILED CONTAINING CROP YIELD, ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, AND MARKETING/PRICE DATA. THIS DOCUMENT WILL PROVIDE BASIC STATS NEEDED FOR SECTORAL AND CROP SPECIFIC ANALYSES AND FORECASTING. IN ADDITION, A REFERENCE/DOCUMENTATION/INFO OFFICE AND REPRODUCTION FACILITY WILL BE ESTABLISHED. NUMEROUS SUBSECTOR STUDIES WILL BE GENERATED IN PREPARATION FOR THE COMPLETE SECTOR ANALYSIS. THESE STUDIES WILL BE DEVELOPED JOINTLY BY PROJECT TECHNICIANS AND THEIR COUNTERPARTS, AND WILL PROVIDE USEFUL ON-THE-JOB-TRAINING. BY THE END OF THE PROJECT THE DIRECTORATE WILL CONSIST OF A TRAINED AND FUNCTIONING CADRE OF PLANNERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ON A REGULAR BASIS: AN AGR SECTOR ANALYSIS, POLICY PAPERS, PROJ MONITORING FUNCTIONS, FEASIBILITY STUDIES,AND AN ANNUAL REPORT. PROJ WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH PASA WITH USDA OR OTHER APPROPRIATE INSTIT. USAID WILL BE MONITOR AND EVALUATOR.