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Community Managed Irrigated Agriculture Sector Project
Nepal
Borrower | Nepal |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 14.12.2004 |
Signed | 21.12.2005 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | ADB |
Executing Agency | Department of Irrigation (DOI) |
Co-financiers | ADB, Beneficiary, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 7.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 38.60 |
This project aims to raise living standards among rural smallholders in the Central and Eastern development regions by intensifying agricultural production on 34,000 ha of irrigated land. A range of sub-projects will be carried out to include the following:
- improvement of irrigation infrastructure, including diversion structures, drainage systems, canals and flood protection facilities;
- provision of training to farmers in using high-yielding crops and providing improved varieties of crops; and
- institutional strengthening to build the capacities of national-level institutions responsible for agriculture and water resources.