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Maintenance of the groves would require ten men over the
four-year period following.
The personnel involved in the
rehabilitation work should be housed in existing buildings
which require little refurbishing or in temporary quarters
constructed near work sites.
Preference in hiring of
Bikinians should be regarded in the light that their closer
ties would evoke greater work accomplishments.
To go further,
utilization of Peace Corps Volunteers may be the answer to
reduce the labor costs.
Other costs as listed in Table I include fertilizers,
seednuts,
tools,
POL,
equipment rental,
supplies,
subsistence,
transportation,
etc.
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presents a rare opportunity for the Trust Territory to conduct .
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research on agricultural crops under atoll conditions.
Taking
advantage of the opportunity to test and evaluate improved
cultivation of coconut and subsistence crops would be a boon
to atoll development work.
At present all recommendation for
Planting procedure adopted in the Trust Territory are the result
of research findings of other countries with differing climatic
and environmental conditions, e.g., Rangiroa, the Philippines,
Ceylon, Africa, etc.