📋 Tender Overview
Implemented between 2013 and 2020 the Water Resources Mobilization and Development Project PROMOVARE contributed to improving the resilience of the population to the effects of climate change indicates the Banks project completion report. African Development Agency published on December 20.The project received funding of US 22 million from the African Development Bank Group. It was implemented in the regions of Agadez Dosso Tahoua and Tillabri which account for 49.7 of the total population of Niger estimated at around 12.3 million inhabitants in 2021. In total 4100 producers were directly affected by the actions of the project and nearly 710600 people including 50.6 women were indirectly affected.As part of the mobilization of water resources the project made it possible to build a mini-dam with a retention capacity of six million cubic meters of water and ten weirs. At least 973.79 hectares of anti-erosion works have been developed for the treatment of eleven kilometers of dry stone banks two pastoral perimeters of 20000 hectares of natural pasture. Six vaccination parks nine pastoral wells and 117.4 kilometers of watering corridors and rest areas which have considerably reduced conflicts between farmers and herders have also been built. A thousand hectares have been reforested and 27 piezometers established.The development of irrigation underlines the report concerned the installations with total control of water of 200 hectares downstream of the mini-dam and 300 hectares in recession. Equipment was distributed to farmers of 323 hectares of small irrigated areas. They benefited from the construction and rehabilitation of 139 market gardening wells and 152 boreholes. It was also installed 69 384 ml of Californian network. Some 139 motor pumps 125 solar kits and 125 electric pumps 76562 ml of mesh were distributed. Ten cereal banks 19 agricultural and zootechnical input shops and three storage stores were also built thanks to the project.The support action component has ensured the supervision of producers for the development and sustainable management of the infrastructure put in place. Also community capacity building actions were carried out adds the project completion report.The project made it possible to set up 80 producer organizations 11 facility management committees 16 producer groups. Some 4600 producers benefited from coaching on resilient practices and techniques the use of resilient seeds as well as the sustainable management of water and soil.All these achievements have enabled an increase in cultivated areas of 1193 hectares including 748 hectares for irrigated and 445 hectares for pluvial. An increase in agricultural production was also observed over the same period with 20653 tonnes 18475 tonnes for irrigated and 2178 tonnes for hydro-agricultural development as well as 257 tonnes for pluvial. standard of living for more than 4100 producers.Finally operating income increased significantly notably from 480229 CFA francs 873 in 2015 to 2401146 CFA francs 4365 in 2020 for irrigated crops from 65285 CFA 118 in 2015. to 326425 FCFA 593 in 2020 for crops under irrigation and to 115536 FCFA 210 for rainfed crops. Unplanned activities at the start had a significant impact. This is the stocking of the reservoir of the Anekar dam which made fish available around 100 tonnes over three campaigns which made it possible to significantly improve the health and nutritional status of the populations. of the area and generate income through the sale of surplus from the catchment fish farm.At the end of the project despite the context linked to the Covid-19 pandemic which has impacted economic activities since the start of 2020 there is an improvement in the availability of agricultural and livestock products and an increase in the income of the populations thus strengthening their resilience capacity concludes the African Development Bank report.
