Mali:IRRIG PROMOTION

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The overall development objective of the Pilot Private Irrigation Promotion Project is to improve and induce, through capacity building activities, an investment expansion in small-scale irrigation, contributing to increased on-farm diversification of investments, productivity, and food security. The specific medium-term objective is to increase technical and managerial services delivery to small-scale irrigation producers. Furthermore, the project will, through training, strengthen: (a) financial institution expertise in appraising investment projects in irrigation; and (b) technical performance of individual consultants and firms. The project's seven components are: (1) support to the implementing agency, aimed at building institutional and technical capacity; (2) technical and managerial services and training, aimed at improving capacity of small-scale irrigation producers, private sector entities, and financial institutions; (3) legal services and technical studies to formalize land tenure arrangements, and create legally registered producer groups; (4) testing of irrigation equipment; (5) capacity building aimed at strengthening producer organizations and individual private irrigators; (6) environmental monitoring and mitigation of water-borne diseases and soil degradation; and (7) socio-economic surveys and studies aimed at monitoring incentives and development impact.