Northeast Irrigation Project

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The proposed project would be part of the National Irrigation Program. Its main objectives are: (a) to increase agricultural production in the drought-prone area of the Brazilian Northeast, through the development of irrigation; and (b) to strengthen institutional arrangements for irrigation development by promoting increased farmer involvement through the creation of private irrigation districts and by improving public agency performance. The project would finance: (a) the construction of six public irrigation schemes in three Northeastern States; (b) the initial operation of private irrigation districts; and (c) the provision of technical assistance to the executing agencies.