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Regional Potato Research Program for the Indian Sub-Continent
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Financing Type | Grants |
Category | Technical Assistance |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 27.11.1981 |
Signed | 27.11.1981 |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund for International Development |
Organization | CIP |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.19 |
This was the first of seven grants allocated to the regional potato research program for the Indian sub-continent and aimed at improving potato varieties. The beneficiary countries were Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The grants contributed to the 1982-1989 budgets. Research and trials in the region have achieved excellent results and provided improved varieties of seeds.