NIGER: Technical Assistance to the General Directorate of Rural Engineering in the framework of the implementation of the Small-scale Irrigation Strategy of Niger.

Project description

To establish a sustainable basis for the small irrigation sub-sector, the Ministry of Agriculture (MAG) has decided to develop a specific strategy called “Small Irrigation Strategy in Niger” (SPIN), whose objective was to provide the country with a guidance framework on small-scale irrigation as an important vector for food security, improving farmers’ incomes and adapting Nigerien agriculture to climate change. The development, as well as the implementation of SPIN, was supported by the Niger-German Program for the Promotion of Productive Agriculture (PromAP), which aimed, at maturity of 6 years, to the sustainable improvement of the contribution of Nigerien agriculture towards Niger’s economic growth and food security.

Services provided

The mobilisation by CA 17 International of an International Technical Assistance made it possible to support the DGGR in: i) finalising the SPIN action plan; ii) proofreading and consistency of the various documents relating to the SPIN; iii) definition of the mechanism and tools for implementing SPIN; iv) engagement of reflection around DGRM and other stakeholders to advance the SPIN process, and v) conducting reflections on how SPIN will be funded.