The main development objectives of the Provincial Agricultural Development Project are to: a) increase and diversify agricultural production and exports; b) increase and stabilize the agricultural incomes of small and medium size commercial farms; c) improve basic agricultural support service effectiveness to increase the international competitiveness of agricultural products; d) improve rural productive infrastructure to reduce production and marketing costs; e) strengthen national and provincial institutional capacity to formulate and analyze sectoral development policy; and f) rationalize public investments and promote an expanded private sector role in agricultural development. To achieve the objectives, the project will: a) finance subprojects; b) strengthen institutional developments; and c) provide project coordination, management, monitoring, and evaluation. The subprojects will be concentrated in the following areas: a)water resource management; b) rural infrastructure; c) technological development; d) animal health; e) plant health; f) market development; g) agricultural information; h) production and regulation of food products; and i) strengthening of provincial agricultural institutions.
