Operational activities: project on farm testing and demonstrating of improved technology in maize production on small farms in Lesotho
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The Third Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the ECA Lusaka-based Multinational Programming and Operational Centre (MULPOC) held at Gaborone, Botswana from 28 to 29 January 1980, requested ECA to undertake a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a Sub regional Maize Research Centre. The study was implemented by the Joint ECA/FAD Agriculture Division in collaboration with the Lusaka-based MU'LPDC and was financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and FAO. Within the context of the Sub regional Activities aimed at the implementation of the Work Programme for the Maize Research Network in Eastern and Southern Africa, a Project on Farm Testing and Demonstrating Improved Maize Production Technology to traditional family farms is being implemented by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Lesotho In co-operation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).