EGYPT-Integrated Irrigation Improvement and Management Project

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The Integrated Irrigation Improvement and Management Project aims at assisting the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) in improving the management of irrigation and drainage in the project area, to increase the efficiency of irrigated agriculture water use and services. The project has the following five components: Component 1) will cover the implementation of irrigation and drainage rehabilitation, improvement and modernization works and programs at all levels of the selected command areas. Component 2) will cover: (i) regional water and land management adaptive research programs; (ii) extensive on-farm water control and irrigated agriculture practice demonstrations; and (iii) irrigation advisory and production support services strengthening. Component 3) establishment, expansion and scaling up of water user organization functions at the levels of tertiary and secondary system irrigation and drainage hydraulic units throughout the selected command areas. Component 4) will support the management and needed for effective planning, implementation coordination entities, functions and activities and eventual commissioning of irrigation and drainage improvements on the basis of full command areas. Component 5) A project Environmental Management Plan (EMP) will be implemented under this component to demonstrate how improvements in water quality can be achieved.