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6. CIC Rural Development Research Subcontract (1968 hud,,, t $88,289)

n l c i fnivcrsih i i [Hint , undei a sub ontrai i with the < nmmittec on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and the Purdue Rt i irch Foundation, is makii ne of the studies in a larger stud) oi AID supported Inititu (tonal building projects in agriculture. Tlje studies s - I to evaluate All )< universit) pn rams in agri< ultural edu( ation .WM\ theii effet i on developing countries and participating American institution The objcctiv< ,. thc\ have been modified by experience) ol the prime contract bt iwrcn USAID and the Puidur Research Foundation, air to (I) dcriv( from AW analysis ol experience, print iplcs which can serve valid guidelines for future program planning, operations, and evaluation, | ) establish criteria of progn i in institutional development, ('*) ass» , what has been accomplished and at what cost, and (I) indicate othei an of assistance besides institution buildinj in which the capabilities ol th U.S. land rant coll and universities could be beneficially employed The University of Illinois segment of the study involves examining the factors determining contract effectiveness and the effects on American univei i of participation in All) overseas contrat I This proje< t, in its final year, involves only the College of Agriculture.

7. Stanford Research budget: %5\,775) Institute Farm Markoting Subcontract (1967

rhe Department of Agricultural Economics (College of Agricultun under a subcontract with the Stanford R earch [nstitute, supplied a < ' ulty member to conduct research on farm marketing in Sierra Lcon< ,,,(| Th< y v i designed to (I) identify ways in which ;ncultural produo in tropical Africa can be marketed more effectively In order to increai its contribution to economi* growth and (2) provide AID with d per knowledge of farm marketing facilities and practices In tropical <

Afri( a as l l i c y effect ( I Main types ( ,f policy decisions, p r o g r a m -nudclm.

and techni< al assi ;tan< e targ< ts and at tivities aimed ai in. rea in • the ei fectiveness of marketing agricultural prndm r. m Africa. This pn ram w completed in Novembei of 1967.

8. Cooperation with the M i d w e s t Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc. (MUCIA)

The MUCIA was established in 1964 foi the purpose ol devalopin pi

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