Implementing Agency:
Department For International Development (DFIDSEA)

Project Code: 178-599-007	Start Date: 26-Jun-87	End Date: Mar. 31, 1992
Commitment: £11,023	Status: Completed	Type of Funding: Bilateral - TC

Project Objectives:
The objectives of the project were: To closely define possible areas of DFID assistance in expanding export industry for horticultural crops To evaluate CISIR management capacity and available staff expertise relevant to postharvest horticulture and determine the nature and likely focus of the benefits to CISIR deriving from the DFID assistance To evaluate the current expertise available in other organisations and/or their needs/wishes to develop expertise in postharvest technology of horticultural crops and determine their inputs to this project To assess the views of concerned Government of Sri Lanka Ministries To discuss with USAID agents such as MARD, DARP, etc who are involved in work in this area so efforts of donor agencies are not duplicated To establish the most likely beneficiaries of the Project (growers, exporters and institutes) To develop a proposal to help strengthen institutes appropriately so that they may service both the growers and the exporters To discuss findings and draft recommendations with the British Council Colombo prior to departure and To submit outline proposal on which the Project Memorandum may be based, within one month of the end of this consultancy.

Intended Outputs:
Preparation and presentation of a report on which a project memorandum may be based.