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| 1970 || Program || USAID commences the 10-year Maasai Range Development and Management Project. Range development specialists are brought in from the USA, and US$1.7 million are loaned to the Tanzanian government for capital equipment. The production target is a 100% increase over 10 years. The project entails constructing cattle dips to ght disease and watering points to prevent overgrazing, improving herds, increasing marketing facilities and training select Tanzanians in conservation and range management.<ref>{{cite web |last1=FORSTATER |first1=MATHEW |title=Bones for Sale: ‘development’ , environment and food security in East Africa |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/184f/50b969daaef070aad4c4f3826066a7805544.pdf |accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Tanzania}}
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| 1971 || Program || USAID develops a "positive list" of commodities, including pesticides that are eligible for agency financing.<ref name="Donor policies on pesticide donations: pest and pesticide management">{{cite web |title=Donor policies on pesticide donations: pest and pesticide management |url=http://www.fao.org/3/w8419e/W8419e05.htm |website=fao.org |accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref>||
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| 1971 || Collaboration || USAID participates in the establishment of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a partnership of international research centers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Egna |first1=Hillary S. |last2=Boyd |first2=Claude E. |title=Dynamics of Pond Aquaculture |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=m_EczUbFnDMC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=%22in+1971+usaid%22&source=bl&ots=ddNxb3eegi&sig=ACfU3U2pbEuwdY1v7nA6yMWW40gnF65vjw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiSz-GLkqbhAhXuIbkGHbeNAWEQ6AEwBnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201971%20usaid%22&f=false}}</ref><ref name="USAID’S LEGACY IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: 50 YEARS OF PROGRESS">{{cite web |title=USAID’S LEGACY IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: 50 YEARS OF PROGRESS |url=https://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/agriculture-and-food-security/usaids-legacy-agricultural-development |website=usaid.gov |accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref> ||
