Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria

The Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria Project objective is to improve access to irrigation and drainage services and to strengthen institutional arrangements for integrated water resources management and agriculture service delivery in selected large-scale public schemes in Northern Nigeria. The Project consists of four components. These are linked with each other. The main thrust of the project is Component 2 with the aim of rehabilitating public irrigation schemes. This needs to be complemented with improvements in dams/reservoirs via Component 1 to assure integrated water management and to improve safety for people downstream. Component 3 is helping to increase agricultural productivity of the irrigated lands as well as with the processing and marketing side of the increased output. Finally, Component 4 is essential for capacity building and managing the three components.