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- On-Farm Irrigation Development Project
On-Farm Irrigation Development Project
Egypt
Borrower | Egypt |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 12.12.2012 |
Signed | 20.04.2013 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | OPEC Fund |
Executing Agency | Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) |
Co-financiers | Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 35.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 43.00 |
To modernize irrigation infrastructure in four governorates to improve water efficiency, increase yields and boost incomes of smallholder farmers. The project proposes to support the Government’s efforts to modernize farm-level irrigation on about 55,000 feddans through the implementation of the following components:
- rehabilitation and modernization of marwa and farm-level irrigation in the areas of El-Behira, Kafr El-Sheikh, Dakahlia and Sharkeya
- procurement of equipment and vehicles
- capacity building to enhance farmer knowledge and the uptake of improved irrigation and associated land improvement and crop production techniques
- project implementation unit