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BALOCHISTAN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH BOARD ORDINANCE, 1997 BALOCHISTAN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH BOARD ORDINANCE, 1997 An Ordinance to provide for constituting and organizing the Balochistan Agriculture Research Board [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 23rd February, 1997] No. LEGIS.I‑105/LAW/95, dated 8‑3‑1997.‑‑The following Ordinance made by the Governor of Balochistan on 29th January, 1997, is hereby published for general information:‑‑ CHAPTER III FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE BOARD 4. Functions and powers of the Board.‑‑The functions of the Board shall be: (a) to provide overall planning, programming and evaluation of all agriculture research. (b) to approve all research programmes for funding by the Provincial Government and foreign aid/loan giving agencies as per priorities determined by the Board. (c) to identify the provincial research priorities and board trusts. (d) to establish guidelines for allocation of research funds to identify research priorities. (e) to provide overall coordination and annual revision of the Provincial Research Master Plan. (f) to conduct overall monitoring and external evaluation of the research programmes and their impact on the Provincial Agriculture Research Sector. (g) to conduct monitoring during implementation of research Projects and overall coordination of externally financed Research Project. (h) to institute/promulgate regulations approved by the Board affecting appointments, terms and conditions of service of professional research personnel within the agriculture, Livestock, Forestry and Fisheries Research Wing. (i) to make recruitment against the vacancies to be filled in through initial recruitment in the Board. (j) to promote scientists to next higher scales in the research wings of agriculture, livestock, .forestry, range management, soil science and scocio -economic units. (k) to perform any other functions authorised by the Government related to matters aforesaid.