degradation of fragile lands and ecosystems. Key activities to be supported would include: Local Level Participatory Land Use Planning Productivity Enhancing Interventions of Community Watersheds Soil Fertility Management Services Capacity Development for natural resource management and soil fertility management. Agricultural Mechanization Services. The aim of the agricultural mechanization intervention is to develop and promote appropriate tools and machinery for pre and harvest agricultural production systems that can result in labor efficiency and effectiveness which would lead to sustained adoption of the yield-increasing technologies, reduce post-harvest losses and create value addition. Agricultural mechanization activities that would be implemented include: Support the development of standards mechanization technologies Train manual pump manufacturers. Provide technical support for agricultural machinery producers, distributors and service providers. Organize and support operators and maintenance service providers. Provide training for spare part providers. Sub-component 1.2: Scaling up of best practices: - The objective of this sub-component is to ensure the identification and wider use of best practices and proven technologies to enhance and intensify agricultural production. In consultation with key stakeholders, the extension service will identify improved technologies and management practices in a range of thematic areas related to production, post-harvest handling, value addition and marketing. Component 2: Agricultural Research Limited availability of appropriate agricultural technologies, inadequate capacity in multiplying source technologies and limited on-farm pre-extension demonstration of technologies are the key problems hindering productivity of the sector. Thus, the objective of the component is to increase the supply of demand-driven agricultural technologies which directly link to the other components. The component has the following sub components Sub-component 2.1 - Technology adaptation and generation;- The program will support the adaptation and generation of improved and innovative technologies to enhance agriculture productivity and commercialization of small scale farmers. The intervention will comprise of two main groups of activities: (i) support to accelerate release of selected in pipeline technologies and management practices; and (ii) support to adaptation and generation of demand-driven technologies. Sub-component 2.2 - Pre-extension Demonstration and Participatory Research Schemes:-
degradation of fragile lands and ecosystems. Key activities to be supported would include: Local Level Participatory Land Use Planning Productivity Enhancing Interventions of Community Watersheds Soil Fertility Management Services Capacity Development for natural resource management and soil fertility management. Agricultural Mechanization Services. The aim of the agricultural mechanization intervention is to develop and promote appropriate tools and machinery for pre and agricultural production systems that can result in labor efficiency and effectiveness which would lead to sustained adoption of the yield-increasing technologies, reduce post-harvest losses and create value addition. Agricultural mechanization activities that would be implemented include: Support the development of standards mechanization technologies Train manual pump manufacturers. Provide technical support for agricultural machinery producers, distributors and service providers. Organize and support operators and maintenance service providers. Provide training for spare part providers. Sub-component 1.2: Scaling up of best practices: - The objective of this sub-component is to ensure the identification and wider use of best practices and proven technologies to enhance and intensify agricultural production. In consultation with key stakeholders, the extension service will identify improved technologies and management practices in a range of thematic areas related to production, post-harvest handling, value addition and marketing. Component 2: Agricultural Research Limited availability of appropriate agricultural technologies, inadequate capacity in multiplying source technologies and limited on-farm pre-extension demonstration of technologies are the key problems hindering productivity of the sector. Thus, the objective of the component is to increase the supply of demand-driven agricultural technologies which directly link to the other components. The component has the following sub components Sub-component 2.1 - Technology adaptation and generation;- The program will support the adaptation and generation of improved and innovative technologies to enhance agriculture productivity and commercialization of small scale farmers. The intervention will comprise of two main groups of activities: (i) support to accelerate release of selected in pipeline technologies and management practices; and (ii) support to adaptation and generation of demand-driven technologies. Sub-component 2.2 - Pre-extension Demonstration and Participatory Research Schemes:- harvest
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