The project development objective is to enhance agricultural production of small and marginal farmers in the project area. This will be achieved through development of minor irrigation (MI) schemes, strengthening community-based irrigation management, and support to agricultural development, including provision of agricultural services, encouraging crop diversification and use of new technologies, and creating income generating opportunities.
The Chiansi area in Zambia is characterised by poverty and underutilization of available resources.
This project paper support for a Nepal Food Crisis Response Program (NFCRP) consisting of: (i) a credit and grant for a new project on Social Safety Nets; and (ii) additional financing to the Irrigation and Water Resource Development Project.
The development objective of the Balochistan Small Scale Irrigation Project (BSSIP) is to support efforts by the Government of Balochistan to improve the management of scarce water resources in the Pishin Lora Basin (PLB) by reducing the overall impact of the present water crisis.
The objective of the Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Improvement Program Project for Pakistan is to improve productivity of water use in irrigated agriculture.
The objective of the West Bengal Accelerated Development of Minor Irrigation Project for India is to enhance agricultural production of small and marginal farmers in the project area. There are three components to the project. The first component is strengthening community-based institutions.
In 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH hosted an exploratory workshop to better understand the potentia
Problems associated with water availability in Tamil Nadu have become more pronounced due to increasing demands from industry and households, as well as a long-term uptrend in the use of water for agriculture.