Project description
The WAT4CAM project is implementing a refurbishment programme for hydro-agricultural infrastructures, with a view to tackling poverty, developing the economy, and reducing the rural population’s vulnerability to climate change. Within the framework of an integrated approach, the project aims to (1) modernise some 15,000 ha of irrigation schemes and preks, (2) encourage the adoption of participatory irrigation management systems, (3) provide the means for effective integrated water resource management (IWRM), and promote more widespread use of sustainable agriculture.
Services provided:
Implementation and management of preliminary assignments, and establishment of a framework for the programme’s 4 components:
- Component 1: Refurbishment of irrigation infrastructure
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Component 2: Improvement of irrigation management
- Capacity-building for institutional stakeholders
- Capacity-building for private stakeholders
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Component 3: Support for integrated water resource management
- Adoption of the IWRM approach
- Capacity-building for the Ministry to improve watershed management
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Component 4: Promoting more widespread use of sustainable agriculture
- Research and development into agro-ecological practice
- Simplifying agricultural concepts at the irrigation-scheme level
- Institutional support and assistance to different agricultural sectors
