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Rural Development Project in the Niari, Bouenza and Lekoumou Departments

Congo Republic

Borrower Congo Republic
Financing Type Public Sector
Instrument Project Loan
Focus Area Agriculture
Approved 19.12.2006
Signed 11.04.2008
Status Completed
Loan Administrator IFAD
Executing Agency Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
Co-financiers IFAD, Government, Beneficiaries
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) 7.50
Total Project Cost (US$m) 17.77

Local food production in Congo remains inadequate to meet the food needs of the population, despite the agriculture sector’s favourable potential. Many basic foodstuffs must therefore be imported. This project aims at removing production constraints in the fertile departments of Niari, Bouenza and Lékoumou. Activities will include:

  • renovation of feeder roads;
  • construction of wells and boreholes;
  • introduction of improved seeds and production techniques;
  • provision of support to farmers’ groups; and
  • development and expansion of microfinance institutions.
Around 30,000 families are expected to benefit from the project through improved food security and higher incomes.

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