1 For this specilk project. a "new" extension agene (AG-promoter)
 within DIGESA and DIGESEPE will be trained for. and will be
 exclusively dedkated to technology transference activities. That
 is. the new research approad has been aceptcd and a new
 extension approach is adopted:

2. There will be a joint participation of researchers and AG.
 promoters in the generation. testing and pmmromon of new
 technologies. This wil provide an excellent training for the
 "'new" extension agents in the knowledge. and management of
 new chnologies

3. Rural leaders (AG-leaders) will be recruited and their salaries paid
 by the project. and trained by the AG-p~ voters in the
 management of new technologies. These AG-leaders will be in
 charge of promoting new technologies among organized groups
 farmers in the communities:

 4. An effective transference strategy through the establishment of a
 Modular System: and

5. The participation of farmers throughout the whole technology
 innovation process.





A NEW MODEL FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERENCE

 The flow chart of a modular system for technology transference
(Fig. 1) illustrates the new research-extension linkage concept for a
faster, wider in coverage, and more effective technology transference.
This model is the essence of the new Project for Crop-Livestock
Technology Generation and Transference and Seeds Production
(PROGETTAPS), that will be conducted by ICTA, DIGESA and
DIGESEPE in three regions of Guatemala, beginning in 1986.