Office du Niger

$36,717,142.00 CAD

≈ $0.89 for every person in Canada ≈ 475 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
Recipient country
Mali
Fiscal year
2010-2011
Agreement period
October 12, 2010 – March 25, 2011
Project status
Closed
Reference
CA-3-A034722001

Published purpose

This project contributes to developing and rehabilitating the agricultural irrigation infrastructure in the zone of the Office du Niger in order to increase Mali's agricultural production. L'Office du Niger is the organization responsible for promoting the development of Mali's rice production in the Ségou region. It has put in place a massive gravitation irrigation system capable of serving 960,000 ha, 85,000 ha of which have been developed and are being exploited.

In plain English AI-generated

This project funds the development and rehabilitation of agricultural irrigation infrastructure in Mali's Office du Niger zone to increase the country's agricultural production, particularly rice.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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