Over a six-year period, the project would develop the research capability of the Agricultural Research Corporation (ARC) in Western Sudan, implement research programs in this region and expand support services at ARC's new Khartoum headquarters. The research program would be concerned with integrated livestock and crop production systems at el Obeid, Ghazala Gawazat and Kadugli; pure livestock production systems at Ghazala Gawazat and el Fasher; and water and land use management at Nyala. The research programs would be directed from the regional headquarters of ARC at Nyala. The project would finance the building and equipping of four research stations, with laboratories, offices and staff housing; seven mobile research units, vehicles, and aircraft and other equipment; purchase of a new ARC headquarters building; operating costs for the research programs for six years, including staff salary costs for both Sudanese and non-Sudanese staff; and various consultancies, fellowships, training and contract research work.