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of Lhis nature. An effut wall also be made to estimate, at
]east qualitati vey spreac ettects of the Project in other
areas, including utrihzation of materials, program strategies
and teahnologies developed within Project areas.
3. AID Monitoring Arrangements
The NERAD Project will be intensively monitored by
the AID/Thailand Mission because of its relative importance
to both th, RTG and AID strategies which emphasize rainfed
agrlcultural development in the Northeast. It is planned
that a U.S. direct hire agricultural officer and a localhire
ass.stant project officer will be stationed in the
Northeast at Khon Kaen to monitor the Project, and facilities
have already been obtained for this purpose.
it is expected that about 75 percent of these
otricezs time will be devoted vo NERAD, at least during the
early years of the Froect. AID,Thailand is confident that
by stationing two otficers in Kbon Kaen, which is only about
20 minutes drive from Tha Phra, and by making NERAD their
ma3o1 Lesponsibility, the Thai Mission's field monitoring
capability w±ll be sufficienLly enhanced to fulfill the
requirements of this Project. in addition, one assistant
project affice assigned in BangKok will be assigned halftime
to the Pro3ect, and a project committee in Bangkok will
help monitor the Pro3ect. The membership will include a
financial ana±yst, capital pro3ects oifice;, agriculture
economist, social scientist, engineer and program officer.
D. Neotiatni Status, Conditxons Precedent, Covenants,
The following CP's and covenants are antic-pated in the
Agreements- The RTG prefers separate Loan and Grant Agreements
because of the bLfurcated approval process and separate
Durisdictions tor grants %DTEC) and loans Manitry of
Finance!. Tnere is substantive agreement of CPs and
covenants for both documents and no signilrcant delay is
expected for executing both Agreements whenever the Project
is authorized.
I. Grant Aqreement
Initial CPs
Designation ut Grantee Representatives.