SMALL FARM TECHNOLOGY

THE NATL EXTENSION SERVICE (SEAG), THE PARTICIPATING HOST-COUNTRY AGENCY, WILL ESTABLISH A TECHNOLOGH DELIVERY NETWORK CONSISTING OF SEVEN REGIONAL RURAL DEVEL CENTERS & LOCAL FIELD AGENTS. SEAF TEAMS CONSISTING OF A TEAM LEADER, A PROG PLANNER/EVALUATOR, AND SPECIALISTS IN ECONOMICS/FARM MGMT, AGRONOMY, ANIMAL PRODUCTN, ENTOMOLOGY & NUTRITION/HOME IM PROVEMENT WILL SURVEY THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF LOCAL AGRI & INTRODUCE TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE PRODUCTN. RESEARCH & DEMONSTRATION PLOTS RELATING TO CROPS, LIVESTK, POST HARVEST, HOUSEHOLD MGMT, NUTRITION & FOOD PRESERVATN, CREDIT, CO-OP"S, AND NON-FORMAL EDUC WILL BE ESTABLISHED ON SELECTED FARMS. MASS MEDIA, INCLUDING RADIO PROGS & PHOTONOVELS, WILL THEN BE USED TO DISSEMINATE THOSE TECHNOLOGIES DEEMED MOST ADAPTABLE TO SMALL FARMING. THE TEAMS WILL ALSO ESTABLISH AN INFO & FEEDBACK SYSTEM TO EVALUATE THEIR EFFORTS & WILL MAINTAIN LINKAGES WITH OTHER CENTERS & SOURCES OF TECHNOLOGY. SLIGHTLY MORE THAN HALF OF THE GRANT/LOAN FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR SHORT-TERM TRNG FOR SEAG PERSONNEL. SEAG IS PLNNG 43 COURSES FOR OVER 900 PARTICIPANTS. OUT-OF-COUNTRY TRNG WILL INCLUDE OBSEVATN TRIP S,PARTICIPATN IN WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS,AS WELL AS FORMAL COURSEWORK AT SELECTED INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS USDA TRNG FACILITIES IN WASHINGTON. MS LEVEL TRNG IN EITHER THE US OR OTHER LACOUNTRIES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR UP TO 8 PERSONS. IN ADDITION,THE USAID GRANT WILL FINANCE 3 RESIDIENT US ADVISORS (3 PERSON-YRS) & 39 PERSON-MOS OF SHORT-TERM ADVISOR. THE LOAN WILL PROVIDE 21 PERSON-MOS INTERNAT"S ASSIST & 135 PERSON-MOS OF LOCAL CONSULTANTS. THREE OTHER ACTIVITIES,OUTSIDE OF SEAG,WILL RECEIVE SUPPORT: 1)A RSRCH CAPACTIH WILL BE CREATED IN THE NATL AGRO-MECHANICAL SCHOOL; 2)A REVOLVING FUND WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE NATL SEED SERVICE TO COVER THE COSTS OF GROWING,PACKAGING,AND DISTRIBUTING SEEDS FOR SMALL FARM USE;AND 3)RSRCH UNDERTAKEN BY IAN,THE NATL UNIV & OTHERS ON NON-TRADITIONAL CROPS FOR SMALL CULTIVATN WILL RECEIVE SUPPORT.