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- Rural Development Project in the Likouala, Pool and Sangha Departments
Rural Development Project in the Likouala, Pool and Sangha Departments
Congo Republic
Borrower | Congo Republic |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 16.12.2008 |
Signed | 06.10.2009 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | IFAD |
Executing Agency | The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Water and Forestry, and Fisheries |
Co-financiers | IFAD, Government, Beneficiaries |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 7.00 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 16.58 |
In order to promote economic recovery in Northern Congo, this project will concentrate activities in the Likouala, Pool and Sangha Departments. Works will include the following:
- capacity-building among local farmers’ associations and regional directorates of the Ministry of Agriculture involved in the project’s execution;
- implementation of programs that promote income-generating activities among vulnerable individuals, especially women and indigenous groups;
- extension of inputs, such as improved seeds;
- provision of training to farmers for growing high-yield crops by introducingsustainable cultivation techniques; and
- rehabilitation and maintenance of 100 km of feeder roads, 390 km of inland secondary waterways and 60 bridges.