Perú: Proyecto de Investigación y Extensión Agrícolas

Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. 3789-PE STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT PERU AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROJEC- April 12, 1982 Regional Projects Department Latin America and Caribbean Regional Offices This document has a restrieted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without Worid Bank authorization.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS US$1 = Peruvian Soles 410 (June 1981) .4 S/. 1,000 = US$2.44 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1 hectare (ha) = 10,000 m2 = 2.47 acres 1 kilogram (kg) 2.2 pounds 1 metric ton (m ton) = 1,000 kg = 0.98 long ton ABBREVIATIONS BAP Peruvian Agricultural Bank BCR Peruvian Central Bank CGIAR Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture CIMMYT International Center for Corn and Wheat Improvement CIP International Center for Potato Research CIPA Agricultural and Livestock Investigation and Extension Center EED Executive Director of Extension (INIPA) ENCI National Enterprise for Marketing of Inputs EPSU Engineering Planning Service Unit (INIPA) IDB Interamerican Development Bank INAF National Institute for the Expansion of Agricultural Development INIA National Agricultural and Livestock Research Institute INIPA National Institute for Agricultural Research and Extension IRPA Institute for Agrarian Reform and Agricultural Extension IRRI International Rice Research Institute ISNAR International Service for National Agricultural Research IVITA Veterinary Institute for Research in the Tropics and Highlands (San Marcos University, Peru) MA Ministry of Agriculture MEU Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (INIPA) NAU National Agricultural University ONERN Natural Resource Evaluation Agency PCEA Cooperative Agricultural Research Program RED Executive Director of Research (INIPA) SCIPA Interamerican Cooperative Service for Food Production SIPA Agricultural Research and Extension Service SMS Subject Matter Specialist in the Extension Service (INIPA) USAID United States Agency for International Development  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY PERU AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. I. THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ............................................... 1 General ....... 1 The Resource Base ................................................... 2 Government Policies ................................................. 3 Previous World Bank Participation ................................... 3 II. INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ...................... 4 Agrarian Reform ..................................................... 4 Input Supply and Marketing .......................................... 5 Credit .............................................................. 8 Research and Extension .............................................. 9 National Institute for Agricultural Research and Extension (INIPA).. 10 Spec