The National Agricultural Development Project is a US$ 48,415,000 (USALD S25.275.0001
Government of Jordan S 23,140,000), nine-year (July 1985-September 1994) bilateral project
with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government of Jordan. The project has been both large in
financial terms, as well as long in its implementation, compared to similar projects of this type.
The purpose of the project has been to stimulate greater agricultural produaion through applied
research, improved technology transfer methodologies, and various strategic activities aimed at
strengthening institutional capabilities in the agricultural sector. Project inputs direued at
achieving this purpose have included long- and short-term technical assistance, degree and
nondegree training both locally and in the U.S., the construction and equipping of physical
facilities, and the establishment of an agricultural development fund to finance various research
activities and other 'targets of opportunity' in the agricultural sector. One of the principal
achievements of the project was the establishment of the semiautonomous National Center for
Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer WCARlT) with its six regional agricultural
services centers. NCARlT and these services centers are the principal subjeas of the final
evaluation.