The major part of the project will be for the mechanization of grain farming in northern Tunisia. Credit facilities would be opened to farmers for purchasing wheel and crawler tractors, combines and related agricultural machinery. BNT would, simultaneously, provide from its own sources short-term credit for financing inputs like high yielding seeds and fertilizers. Other provisions would include: (a) development of dairy farming in northern Tunisia to help rebuild livestock herds; (b) new oases in the desert on water from artesian aquifers, which would require drilling of bore-holes up to 600 meters deep, installation of pumps where underground pressure would not be sufficient, irrigation and drainage equipment, land and soil preparation, planting of date palms and wind breaks, and ancillary installations; and (c) support services to improve BNT's project appraisal section, the technical staff of STIL's plantation management and the public farm extension service.
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Document Date
1971/05/31
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Document Type
Memorandum & Recommendation of the President
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Report Number
P943
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2010/06/24
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Tunisia - Agricultural Credit Project
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Keywords
consumer price index;public investment program;irrigation and drainage;urban agricultural policy;agricultural sector;foreign exchange;repayment period;grain farming;dairy farming;livestock herds;arable land;private consumption;public consumption;Direct Subsidies;artesian aquifer;investment cost;fodder production;direct subsidy;bulk procurement;capital expenditure;agricultural subsidy;state land;project operation;agricultural taxation;heavy flood;grace period;short-term credit;agricultural production;commercial bank;dairy product;soil preparation;food import;private farmer;state participation;agricultural cooperative;extension service;production level;international bidding;Groundwater Development;public body;financial rate;farm size;project costing;legal instrument;average cost;liquidity position;money supply;administrative expense;government guarantee;
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Tunisia - Agricultural Credit Project (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/582131468115135813/Tunisia-Agricultural-Credit-Project