Overall, the project sought to intensify and diversify agricultural production; increase farm incomes; and reduce rural poverty. It assisted the Government in preparing the Agriculture Science and Technology Project, which supported the policy and institutional reforms implemented under the Agriculture Sector Development Project.
The TA covered the entire agricultural research and extension institutions and universities under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Education and Training Ministry of Fisheries, Ministry of Industries, and Ministry of Science and Technology, with a special emphasis on institutes under MARD since they are the largest and most important research and extension institutions in the agriculture sector. The scope of the TA included agricultural research, agricultural extension, planning and institutional development, and agricultural information system.
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