PLANNING AND SUPPORT SERVICES

SPECIFIED PLANNING AND RESEARCH FUNCTIONS ARE PERFORMED UNDER AID DIRECTION. TEMPORARY DUTY SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO MISSION REQUESTS OR TO DEVELOP PRIORITY PROJECTS. REPORT WAS SUBMITTED ON NUMBER OF RURAL POOR, NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN LDCS. STRATEGY, TACTICS FOR DEVELOPMENT PROVED TO BE TOO BROAD A TOPIC AND WAS PHASED OUT BECAUSE OF LIMITED FUNDING. PROJECT PROVIDES FOR PLANNING EXPANDED PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR CONDITIONS. Amendment of 8/8/85 increases life-of-project funding and modifies the scope of work, increasing the amount of technical services provided through the RSSA with USDA/Office of International Cooperation and Development (OICD) and initiating a RSSA with USDA/Economic Research Services (ERS) to fund preparation of the Agricultural Production Indices Report. (PD-AAR-400)