Senegal - Project to Support Local Small-scale Irrigation (PAPIL)

The Project to Support Local Small-scale Irrigation (PAPIL) aims to promote small-scale irrigation at the local level, through rural communities and producer groups. This project should bring about a substantial increase in agricultural production and contribute to poverty alleviation and improve food security. It's designed to produce over 13,000 tons of cereal and raise the farmers’ incomes by as much as 70%, which would allow for significant changes in the households. It should also help improve the balance of payments, as it notably make it possible to reduce rice imports, and thus secure foreign exchangesavings in the order of two billion CFA Francs. The project concerns eight (08) departments in the Fatick, Kolda and Tambacounda regions. Using a participatory approach, it should provide for 120 small structures and development works for the control of run-off water (small dams, weirs, overdeepening of ponds, bottomlands, small irrigated areas, etc), restore over 2,000 ha of deteriorated land, and improve the conditions of living of the populations of the 87 rural communities concerned. The project comprises three main components, namely: A) sustainable irrigation and pastoral development; B) capacity building; and C) project management.