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fo maintenance, utilities, POL, office supplies, and
personnel support (salaries/housing/per diem) are also
Project i.nputs.
Finally, technical assistance, research
to be financed under the Project.
act.iv tei and evaluation are
above inputs are quantified and costed in Annex IX
of
of this PP. Generally, AID is financing all of the costs for
above inpu.ts except for local support of foreign consultants,
the
costs such as RTG salaries, office supplies,
most operationai
POL, ut*,it:es maintenance for offices, purchase of two wheel
dr.ve vehicles and 50 percent of the cost for water resources
Part III-D shows the financial arrangements and
improvement.
cost sharing breakdown for elements of each output package.
for the techn.cal assistance input are further
Der.a-Ls
discussed below,
(7) Technical Assistance
Techni.cal assistance needed to carry out
the Project includes both an expatriate team and Thai con-
The expatriate team includes
sultants employed locally.
'-our long-term positions, chief of party (4.8 years),
years) and
agronomist 4 years', agricultural economist k4
, The team will be procured
tralning spec-.alist ,2 years
through the Unlversity of Kentucky under Title XII col-
The primary function of
laborative assistlance procedures.
the long-term expatr-ate staff will be to assist the MOAC
Pro3ect Di:ector in developing the Proect based on coordinated
implementation by the various MOAC agencies involved.
The ch. ef of pdrty will serve as counterpart tc the Project
ass_.st h-m in preparing the necessary
Director ard w-.
plans, management .ntoimation system, reports, etc.,
required to manage, monitor and evaluate Project activ:*ties.
The agronomist and agricultural ec.nnom st w~il serve as the
backup for the technical support staff charged with implementing
the crop and other farming systems modifications in
.f the long-term expatriate
this Pro3ect One or more members
expected to have experienre in conducting the
team wiJl ce
type ct integrative. probiem-solving research necessary for
impiementat.on *of the farming systems research component of
the Project. The training specialist w21 assist in developing
the PL:ject txaininrg program5
Forty th~ee montb- of short-teria expatriate
in sczh areas as soils, minimum
staff include specta.. sts
tillage, forage production and ut.ilzatcn, fisheries,
animal nutrition, plant protect.on, an.mal disease, forestry