Project for Improving Food Security through Small-Scale Irrigation and Agricultural Extension | GIZ

Around 80 per cent of Mali’s population earns a living from agriculture, generating approximately one third of the country’s gross national product. The most common form of agriculture is rain-fed farming for self-sufficiency. 

Small-scale irrigation and agricultural extension play a key role in making agriculture more  climate change resilient and improving the economic situation and food security. There is significant potential for irrigation in Mali thanks to the natural and geographical conditions and available water reserves.

To ensure that the value of the small-scale irrigation systems is harnessed in the long term, the project is developing inclusive and integrated development plans with users at selected sites. The project also provides advice to smallholder farmers and members of farmers' organisations and water use committees on implementing the plans.

Commissioned by: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Co-funded by: Affaires Mondiales Canada (AMC)/Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

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