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Livestock Development Project
Mauritania
| Borrower | Mauritania |
| Financing Type | Public Sector |
| Instrument | Project Loan |
| Focus Area | Agriculture |
| Approved | 19.09.2000 |
| Signed | 09.02.2001 |
| Status | Completed |
| Loan Administrator | AFDB |
| Executing Agency | Ministry of Rural Development and Environment |
| Co-financiers | AFDF, Government, Beneficiaries |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 3.50 |
| Total Project Cost (US$m) | 12.65 |
This project seeks to increase livestock production by protecting and rehabilitating the pastureland in southern Mauritania. This will include:
- planting of trees and fodder plants;
- creation of 160 km of fire-belts;
- drilling of bore holes, wells and livestock ponds
- provision of farm equipment and supplies;
- construction of feed storage facilities, vaccination centers, dairy barns, and feedlots;
- establishment of 10 Cooperative Credit and Savings Bank offices; and
- re-equipped and furnishing of existing Popular Credit and Savings Bank, which assists owners of small herds.