Mali - The Irrigation Development Program in Bani Basin and Selingue (PDI-BS)–Phase I

This program has been designed in response to Mali’s food crisis. It is the first phase of the Irrigation Development Program in Bani Basin and Sélingué (PDI-BS). This program covers the development and enhancement of 32 545 ha of rice land including 24,540 ha in controlled submersion, 915 ha of double-cropped rice under full water control, 6 820 ha of bourgou fields for livestock farming, 554 ha of vegetable crops and 270 ha of fish ponds. The PDI-BS will consolidate actions undertaken under the Middle Bani Plains Development Program for the development and the Maninkoura Perimeter Development Project . Its implementation should also contribute to increase the level of mobilization of Bani’s water resources by creating of a reservoir of 300 million m3.