This is a US$24.37 million parallel funded project funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) with contributions from GOL and the beneficiaries.

Goal:

Poverty Reduction and Food Security

Objectives:

1. Enhance household incomes.
2. Increase food production

Targeted Beneficiaries:

3.800 farmers in eight counties

Project Components:

1. Agricultural Infrastructure Rehabilitation,
2. Production & Productivity Improvement,
3. Project Management

Expected Results:

1,600 Ha of exiting rice swamps rehabilitated; 100 km of feeder roads rehabilitated, community infrastructure (agro-processing facilities, warehouses & MoA county offices) rehabilitated, Twenty (20) Subject Matter Specialist Trained, Eighty (80) Extension staff Trained.

Inputs:

Services, Works, Seeds, Technical Assistance

Project Status: Ongoing

Project Sustainability plan:

The project intends to involve the private sector and farmers base organization into management and operations of irrigated low and land post harvest infrastructural  and linking  activities to farmers net work in project counties after the completion of the project.