MOPTI RICE II

closed

Closed

Modest expansion in the cultivated area through the construction of new polders, and consolidation of the existing project through some supplementary investments and through a strengthening of the project authority, ORM. The Second Mopti Rice Project will comprise: Construction of four polders with a total area of 8,800 ha; some improvements of polders developed under Credit 277-MLI; deep ploughing of the new polders as well as about 14,300 ha in existing polders; construction of storage facilities for paddy, farm inputs and farm equipment, of workshops, training centers, offices and staff houses; acquisition of farm machinery, civil works maintenance equipment, ferries, vehicles, workshop and office equipment; establishment of an adult literacy program for villages in the project area and an audio-visual program to be used by extension services; applied agricultural research; agricultural credit for fertilizer and farm implements; technical assistance for project management and ORM staff and operating costs during the project period to the extent that they are attributable to the expansion of the project area.

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Fertilizers, Automotive, Waste Processing and Treatment, Consumer Products, Raw Materials, Government, Residential, Commercial