Mali - Project for Food Security Consolidation Through Development of Irrigation Farming

The Project for Food Security Consolidation Through Development of Irrigation Farming (PRESA/DCI) was identified in March 2013 as one of the tools for implementing Mali's sustainable recovery plan (PRED) for 2013-2014. The PRESA-DCI is part of a continuity approach to the PDI-BS project, and also reinforces and capitalizes on the lessons of other past interventions, particularly in the field of irrigation management and valorisation of irrigated perimeters. This project will rehabilitate 4,926 ha of irrigation area in Koulikoro, Sikasso and Ségou regions, thereby improving food and nutritional security as well as the incomes of the beneficiary population. The PRESA-DCI, with emphasis on irrigation with total water control and the development of value chains of the carrier sectors, will allow an economically profitable and sustainable development of developed perimeters. Its duration is six (6) years at a total estimated cost of 39.301 MUC (29.64 billion FCFA), financed by the ADF, the Government and the beneficiaries. The implementation of the project will be largely decentralized at the level of the three development offices of Sikasso, Ségou and Koulikoro and will revolve around three main components: (i) Rehabilitation of infrastructure, (ii) Development of value chains, and (iii) Project management.