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On-farm Irrigation Development Project in the Old Lands (OFIDO)

Technical assessment – Final report

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 158 p.

Author Salman, M. ; Pek, E. ; Giusti, S. ; Lebdi, F. ; Almerei, A. ; Shrestha, N. ; El-Desouky, I. ; Zaki, S. ; Darwesh, R. ; Lamaddalena, N. ; Raes, D.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-133119-4

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Government of Egypt is committed to enhancing food security and developing the country’s agricultural sector through the sustainable management of its natural resources and the active improvement of its institutional capacities. The national “Poverty Reduction and Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy” well align with this objective by calling for the promotion of a more efficient and market-oriented agriculture and optimal use of land and water resources. The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR), in line with the national Strategy, implemented the On-Farm Irrigation Development in the Old-Lands project (OFIDO), an agribusiness development programme funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Fund (IFAD), with the aim to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor living in selected command areas in Lower, Middle and Upper Egypt. In order to evaluate and define future investment strategies and policies for the implementation of successful interventions in Agricultural Water Management, the Government of Egypt entrusted the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to conduct an independent Technical Assessment and provide a comprehensive overview of the performance of improved irrigation systems in three Governorates in the project area of intervention. The Technical Assessment was carried out in two main complementary phases which allowed a thorough evaluation of both the technical and the economic components of the project.

Last updated date 08/09/2020

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Salman, M, Pek, E., Giusti, S., Lebdi, F., Almerei, A., Shrestha, N., El-Desouky, I., Zaki, S., Darwesh, R., Lamaddalena, N. and Raes, D. 2020. On-farm Irrigation Development Project in the Old Lands – Technical assessment – Final report. Rome. FAO.


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