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Communal Management and Optimization of Mechanized Micro-Catchment Water Harvesting in North African Marginal Dry Lands
Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania, Algeria, Libya
| Financing Type | Grants |
| Category | Technical Assistance |
| Focus Area | Agriculture |
| Approved | 14.06.2007 |
| Signed | 20.08.2007 |
| Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund for International Development |
| Organization | ICARDA |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.15 |
| Total Project Cost (USDm) | 4.69 |
The grant aims to improve livelihoods through rehabilitated rangelands and reduced land degradationin the marginal dry rangeland areas of Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania, Algeria and Libya. This will be achieved through developing an institutional framework suitable for community-based implementation, identifying, testing and verifying equitable and efficient tenure arrangements and assessing the effectiveness of alternative water harvesting techniques.