The most relevant agricultural water management technologies for poverty reduction that have been identified in the needs assessment as being currently used in Mali, are the following:

• Pumping technologies: A method which uses a motor to draw water from an available water source, whether it can be a river, a reservoir, a pond, a canal or from groundwater. It can be fuelled by various types of energy including fuel, electricity or solar power.
• Shallow and deep wells: Shallow and deep wells were also found very important for the development of vegetable gardens.
• Rainwater harvesting: Method which captures rainwater and stores it as surface water.

The most relevant cross-cutting priorities of intervention which have been identified are: capacity development, enhancement of dialogue platforms with institutions to promote accessibility to agricultural water management equipment, project and program design and research.