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could be easily identified as the logical location for such
research to be conducted, This is due to the division of
responsibilities within the MOAC, which is along traditional
functional and agricultural commodity lines, Although the
Depar'ment of Agriculture has recently established a Cropping
Systems Division to begin to invest.igate the interrelationships
between various cropping activities, there is still, no way
" to integrate other elements such.as livestock, fisheries,
and comwunIi t ey cu- Ur a -eXtensoncnmeconomicc "
analysis, cooperative organlzation., land reform and other
aspects are also the domain of individual departments.'
The MOAC has proposed that. the Project follow some
of the recommendations of the recertly-appioved NIDA report
on the roles and functions of the Regqoni Agricultural
Offices by locattng the NERAD Prcject Management Office at
NEROA, which is the Northeast regicnal unit of the Office of
the Under-Secretaryof MOAC. Other thb,.n a few key Project
staff, however; Project implementation will be performed by
personnel of appropriate line agenc.ies who will be assigned
to ful-l time to NERAD activities,
from
The farming system assessments and the systematic
refinement and implementation of agricultural technology
improvements prop,:sed by the Project in order to solve key
local problems ane sure to identify ptoblems with various
available technologies and gaps in current knowledge (see
Annex V!,
The Project will address these problems in one of
two ways: (1) For those p:oblems wbhch can be addressed by
short-term applied research, the multi.-dA.sciplinary staff of
the NERAD Project, rep~cesent.ng the various MOAC departments
and supplemented by local
and expatriate consultants, will
perform the necessary appl.ied research in Pro3ect tambons,
or at NEROA or local department fac.1iti'as if necessary.
Selection and monitoring of these actvitries will be performed
by the Project management and techniLcal staff, who
will meet regularly to develop and evaluate the progress of
this program. (2) Those problems which require longer-term
or more basic research will be clearly identified and
referred to the. appropriate agency of the MOAC for solution
as part of theic on-going research programs.
These act~vities wil help in the solution of two
basic problems: 1) it w~ll provide the multi-d,sciplinary
team necessary to assess fa.ming system constraints and
solving rainied agricultural problems
refine technology ior
(2) It will provide scientists and
in Project tambons