PROPLAN/A is the result of a joint effort by IICA and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. This document was based on another which as originally prepared with the purpose results achieved between 1980 and 1986 through the implementation of PROPLAN/A. It is important to understand that the results described herein did not stem from the Project's action alone. Significant contributions were also made by other IICA actions, especially its Project for Agricultural Planning and Policy Analysis (PROPLAN/AP), which was implemented during the period 1978-1983. The convergence of these two PROPLAN cooperation projects provided the essential basis on which IICA developed the conceptual and operating features of its effective guidance approach, which was designed to respond to the new context for agricultural and rural development in the countries of the region. The work of the PROPLAN/AP project during the first phase of PROPLAN dealt with the formulation and adjustment of agricultural policy as the central element of a planning process more in with real conditions in LAC. Similar, the PROPLAN/A project, which had greater scope and duration and served as the second stage of PROPLAN, focused on the implementation side of policy and concentrated on regional and local levels, as well as the sectoral projects and programs. An Annex is included with: a) PROPLAN documents published in IICA official publications series; b) list of PROPLAN internal documents (DIP's) Classified by tropic; c) documents relevant to technical cooperation action of country-components of PROPLAN/A project. (MIBA)