LAKE CHAD POLDERS IR

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The Lake Chad Polders Project consists of: (a) rehabilitating and completing the irrigation and drainage networks of Guini polder (370 ha net area); (b) constructing the irrigation and drainage networks for Berim polder (800 ha net area); (c) establishing a commercial agricultural development section which will prepare the way for farmer settlement, and be responsible for the first year of operation on all newly developed land; (d) providing a package of services (resettlement assistance, training extension, credit, and marketing) to the farmers who will take up cultivation of the polders; (e) constructing necessary service centers and houses for project staff; (f) expanding adaptive agricultural research at the Matafo Research Station; and (g) providing consultant services to reorganize the Societe de Developmentdu Lac Tchad (SODELAC).