Guinea - Kolenté Agro-Industrial Project (PAK)

The Agro-Industrial Project is part of Guinea's five-year national recovery programme (1987-1991) and is part of the government's general policy to achieve food self-sufficiency. It consists of the agricultural development of a 1000 ha perimeter, 100 ha of which should be developed to receive irrigation. The project is expected to grow maize, rainfed rice, groundnuts, cassava and vegetables as well as sheep, goats and poultry. The project also aims to modernise farming systems by creating efficient family farms and installing farmers of a high technical level, thus increasing labour productivity and improving farmers' incomes. The main components of the project are: (A) implementation and monitoring studies, (B) agricultural development, (C) irrigation, (D) reception infrastructure, (E) processing units, (F) agricultural credit, (G) administration and management, and (H) maintenance and operation.