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- Emergency Food Security and Rural Development Programme (Additional loan)
Emergency Food Security and Rural Development Programme (Additional loan)
Niger
| Borrower | Niger |
| Financing Type | Public Sector |
| Instrument | Project Loan |
| Focus Area | Agriculture |
| Approved | 11.12.2013 |
| Signed | 21.02.2014 |
| Status | Completed |
| Loan Administrator | IFAD |
| Executing Agency | The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) |
| Co-financiers | IFAD, WB |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 6.00 |
| Total Project Cost (US$m) | 6.00 |
The program will focus on three administrative regions of Maradi, Tahoua and Tillaberi, predominantly rural areas that account for over one-half of Niger’s total population. The occurrence of droughts and floods has worsened food insecurity and poverty among the regions’ farmers and pastoral herders. In order to help mitigate the impact of these crises, activities will be carried out that include, among others:
- distribution of seeds
- development of small-scale irrigation schemes
- strengthening of irrigated rice-production systems along the Niger River Valley
- construction and rehabilitation of around 70km of feeder roads
- installation of 76 modern water points in the Maradi region