NAT'L MINOR IRRIGATI

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The project's primary objective is to promote growth in agriculture through increased private investment in minor irrigation development. This will be achieved by: (a) providing wider and more equitable access to minor irrigation through the introduction of more affordable and manageable irrigation technologies; (b) institutionalizing policy changes recently introduced by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) to liberalize trade and siting of equipment; (c) upgrading the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation's (BADC) capability to support the private sector through advice, market information and quality enhancement; (d) facilitating access to deep tubewell (DTW) ownership by opening ownership to various forms of association besides traditional cooperatives; and (e) assisting GOB in introducing and maintaining a nation-wide consistent approach to minor irrigation development. To that end, the project provides for irrigation development on some 265,000 ha through financing: (i) procurement of new DTWs; (ii) rehabilitation of about 1,800 existing DTWs; (iii) improvement of drainage canals; and (iv) installation of pontoon mounted pump schemes. The project also finances: (a) demonstration irrigation systems covering about 10,000 ha; (b) capacity building technical assistance in such areas as environment protection, information dissemination, and private sector support; and (c) technical assistance to support project implementation.

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Raw Materials, Government, Commercial