This Agreement covers assistance by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Micronesia in the field of the development of agricultural natural resources. USDA shall cooperate with local soil and water conservation districts. USDA will identify programmes of the U.S. Soil and Conservation ser vice that can assist in a comprehensive natural resource programme. The programme will be used to give technical assistance to individual farmers and cooperating units of the Government of Micronesia (art. I). Article II outlines obligations of the Department of Resources and Development being the counterpart of USDA. Article III contains additional understandings. The text consists of a preamble, 3 articles and terms of the Agreement.; FAO Descriptors: 110; 218; 219