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 62 STAT.] PERU-AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION- ar. 17 Jun 194S Memorandum of Agreement between the United States Secretary of Agriculture and the Peruzvian Minister of Finance MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT The Government of the United States of America, through the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Government of Peru desiring to cooperate in the establishment and operation of an agricultural experiment station at Tingo Maria, Peru, for the purpose of promoting the production of basic and strategic tropical products have reached the following agreement: 1. The general functions of the station shall include: (a) agronomic production investigations necessary to permanent agriculture in the Tingo Maria region and in general over the whole of the Peruvian Amazon basin with complementary products, particularly rubber, as the cash crops; (b) extension of approved agricultural practices by the operation of demonstration farms, and by agricultural extension work as liaison between the station and the private farms; (c) the propagation and distribution of planting material to farmers; and (d) cooperation with other agricultural institutions of the Western Hemisphere in the promotion of tropical agriculture through consulta- tion and the exchange of scientific information and personnel. 2. The Government of Peru will make available all land necessary to conduct investigations and demonstration work designed to pro- mote the profitable production of export crops, such as rubber, fibers, insecticides, medicinals, et cetera, and increase the income and foreign trade of the people of Peru. Such land shall be selected by the direc- tor of the station in cooperation with the appropriate governmental agency of Peru, and the Government of Peru shall permit the con- tinued use of the land by the experiment station free of charge. The land shall include a minimum of 500 hectares in the vicinity of the central station at Tingo Maria, and at least three other parcels with a minimum of 50 hectares each which shall be representative of various natural land divisions of the Amazonas. 3. The Government of Peru also agrees to construct: (a) residences, complete with furnishings, for the North American and Peruvian members of the staff, except stoves and refrigerators not manufac- tured in Peru; (b) a laboratory, office and library building for tech- nical work; and (c) service buildings, including repair shops, one or more buildings for the preparation and propagation of plant material, a building for the storage of equipment and plant material, and such buildings as may be needed for studies in livestock production and the housing of pilot plants for processing agricultural production for shipment. 4. The Peruvian Government shall provide: (a) complete furnish- ings, services, and equipment, except scientific equipment and ap- paratus not produced or manufactured in Peru, for the laboratory, office, and library building; (b) an adequate and pure water supply; (c) recreational facilities such as tennis courts, swimming pool, et Purpose of agree- ment. Funet ions of station. Availability of P'eruvian land, etc. Construction of buildings, etc. Furnishings. werv - ices, etc. 3477

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