Apart from the permanent staff, CRTO receives substantial support
for its training programmes from international agencies which provide visi-
ting professors/experts, scholarships for trainees and remote sensing equip-
ment. The agencies which provided assistance to CRTO in 1987 are FAC (Fonds
d'Aide et de Coopération), FAO (United Nations Food and Agricultural Organi-
sation), FED (Fonds Européen de Développement), JOHN-PAUL II Foundation for
the Sahel, UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), University of
OUAGADOUGOU, UNSO (United Nations Sudano-Sahelien office) and USAID (United
States Agency for International Development).
Without aid from the international organisations it will be dif-
ficult for CRTO to provide all the experts required for all the fields of
application. Indeed it is not practicable for CRTO to employ experts in all
these fields.
In 1987 a total of 38 professors/experts were involved in the
training programmes. These can be grouped into three categories as follows
- Permanent Staff of CRTO 8
- Staff seconded by Donors/International Agencies 13
- Part-time Staff from Ouagadougou 17
Total = 38
4. EQUIPMENT
Equipment and facilities at the disposal of trainees at CRTO
include
Colour Photographic Laboratory, equipped with the most modern
facilities, such as 2 King Concepts Color Processor, Versamat
11 Film Processor, Durst Color Enlarger
16 mm Film Projector Model RT-1
Buhl Overhead Projector
Map-O-Graph 55 C-2
Chromaline Diazo Printer
Singer Caramate 3300 Slide Projector/Cassette Player
Kodak Slide Projector Model B-2 AR
Radiometer - EXOTECH Inc. Model 100 AX
NUMELEC Mini-Computer PERICOLOR 1000 with EMI 8800 Tape Reader
and CANNON PJ/080 A Color Printer
Zero Setting Planimeter
Pantographs
Mirror and Pocket stereoscopes with Parallax Bars
Light Tables
Special Drawing Instruments
Field Trip Equipment
Library
Archives : aerial photographs, satellite images, maps, etc.
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