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- Eastern Middle Atlas Mountain Rural Development Project
Eastern Middle Atlas Mountain Rural Development Project
Morocco
Borrower | Morocco |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 20.12.2005 |
Signed | 21.03.2006 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | IFAD |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Maritime Fisheries |
Co-financiers | IFAD, Government, Beneficiaries |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 9.81 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 29.73 |
This project will focus on Bouleman Province in the Middle Atlas Mountain range where, together with local capacity-building, a wide range of activities will be implemented to include, among others:
- construction or rehabilitation of small and medium-scale irrigation schemes;
- soil and water conservation works;
- provision of drinking water supplies;
- intensification and diversification of agricultural production;
- creation of rural financial services and micro-enterprise development schemes;
- promotion of rural tourism;
- provision of assistance to micro-enterprises to help them establish links to marketplaces.