I I - part - usaid

pro3ects primarily--roads,
6arry±ng out infra'.tructaire
More than $20 million was allocated
bri'dges, wate resources,
th.ree ptograms to the four provinces in
.nFY 80 unde: these
review of these
witlbe1m-1emeedArrecen-h.N.RAD-
USAID by the Thai Nattonal Institute
p,,gzams conducted for
of Development Admfn.stration i.ndicated, however, that all
of them were consra 'ned by quest.ionable site selections,
support, overly detailed guidance from
Lnadeqi.ire techn -at
n a l . committees, and insufficient preparation
central )Na'rOf
time ifo 6ub-prOect.
3, Ade. o Response
Each A, the ab-'ve programs ., directed at increasing
agricultural
i.i,:..me5
in rural areas and each has at least a
No project to date, however, has
partial rainfed Lomponent.
a coordinated response to the major
attempted to deve\O.p
arm-level production constraxnts to agricultural
perceved
A cordinated area-based
development ir ra~nfed areas.
locally perceived needs,
development appro6.,-that addresses
process of technology trials,
through highly ;n.teractive
.2
human resource
extension, .institut,:jnal development and
This approach
development--s pp.:,sed in the NERAD Project,
will be implement.ed b mobilizing the range of available
in the identification
MOAC research and dev;elopment resource.=
oli .ey overall iatmio-g ystem production
and alleviat Lon
-, selected to represent, the
constraints in speciftc areas
in rainfed agricultural production
major range of var..atLifn
of the Northe-.st- A replicable project of this nature
zones
the various approaches to
should till an lmpot,. nt gap in
very well point
development in The Northeast and cou!.d
fac:.Iivate development in
toward the must appopiiate ,uay T.o
this %e~n
B. Detai.led Des-
tono_p
I Deveiopm nt Pio .ess
The NERW Ptoje--t will inxt~ate a process which
constrai4nts
the jmi.; r agricultural prductio
wi.am'ljiin
the ba.miggrou.nd of this PP
in rainfed areas as d-s!:ussed
'
extreme rainfal vaz;ab'.l ty low
(low so:1 iert..k.ty,
linkages between
tarm,-;g systems, poor
productivity of
This process .s composed of
-extefl , rme: ,
research
-
fi.ve componenrf:
rqi '