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- Western Sudan Resources Management Program
Western Sudan Resources Management Program
Sudan
Borrower | Sudan |
Financing Type | Public Sector |
Instrument | Project Loan |
Focus Area | Agriculture |
Approved | 08.10.2008 |
Signed | 03.02.2009 |
Status | Completed |
Loan Administrator | IFAD |
Executing Agency | Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
Co-financiers | IFAD, Government |
OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 8.60 |
Total Project Cost (US$m) | 49.00 |
Project activities will take place in the Greater Kordofan region, comprising the states of North, South and West Kordofan. In addition to being a primary livestock-producing region, Greater Kordofan contains an important livestock terminal market in El Obeid. The project comprises five primary components, which will carry out, among other activities:
- rehabilitation of livestock routes and water points
- establishment of rural financial services
- establishment of a community and extension component to help address specific problems being faced by the poorer segments of the population
- provision of institutional support
- rehabilitation and/or construction of approximately 440 km of rural feeder roads, placing priority on upgrading the road between Semieh (on the highway from Khartoum to El Obeid) to Kurgul in the southwest