SUMATRA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

PROJECT PROVIDES NETWORK OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATIONS (FOOD CROPS) ON SUMATRA CONSISTING OF HEADQUARTERS AND 8 SUBSTATIONS LOCATED TO REPRESENT DIFFERENT SOIL AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. THROUGH THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE, THIS RESEARCH WILL BE USED TO BENEFIT THE SMALL POOR FARMERS OF SUMATRA. GOI"S CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE (CRIA) DIRECTS SHORT TERM TRAINING AND TA. PROJECT IS IN ACCORD WITH GOI 5-YEAR PLAN, CRIA"S LONG-RANGE STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD CROP RESEARCH AND THE AID AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY PAPER AND THE INDONESIA DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. PROJECT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) COMPLETING PHYSICAL FACILITIES AND INSTALLING EQUIPMENT FOR SUMATRA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH NETWORK. (2) OBTAINING ACADEMIC DEGREES AND ASSIGNMENTS AT RESEARCH STATIONS: 4 PHD"S FROM US, 3 PHD"S FROM UNIV OF PHILIPPINES, LOS BANOS (UPLB) AND 1 FROM AN INDONESIAN UNIVERSITY; 11 MSC FROM US, 22 FROM UPLB AND AND 31 FROM INDONESIAN UNIVERSITIES. (3) INCREASING OF BS DEGREE STAFF MEMBERS BY ABOUT 55; NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADS BY 80; ON-JOB TRAINING AND SHORT-TERM TRAINING GIVEN THEM. (4) UPGRADING GENERAL STAFF THROUGH SHORT-TERM OBSERVATION TRAINING TRIPS TO PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA AND TAIWAN TO LEARN RESEARCH METHODS. SHORT-TERM TRNG AT INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTERS. RESEARCH CONTINUES AT EXISTING STATIONS (BANDAR BUAT, SUKARAMI, RAMBUTAN, TAMANBOGO) AND BEGINS AT NEW STATIONS AS THEIR CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED AND NUCLEUS STAFF BECOMES AVAILABLE. COORDINATED PROJECTS INCLUDE AID"S LOAN (497-T-041), AGRICULTURE EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT; IBRD LOAN 1267, NATIONAL FOOD CROPS EXTENSION PROJECT AND IBRD LOAN 1179, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROJECT. THE 1179 PROJECT FINANCES AGR RESEARCH ON JAVA AND RUBBER RESEARCH ON SUMATRA. DUTCH GOVERNMENT ASSISTS ESTABLISHMENT OF RESEARCH STATION ON SOUTH SULAWESI.