Valorization of Investments in the Valley of the Logone

The development objective of the Valorization of Investments in the Valley of the Logone Project for Cameroon is to improve irrigation and drainage services and agricultural production in the irrigated areas of the Logone valley. The project comprises of four components. The first component, improvement of infrastructure and water management goal is to contribute to more sustainable and equitable regional water resources management in addition to an improved irrigation development in the Logone valley, building upon the work done within the recently closed emergency Flood Emergency Project (PULCI) Project. It consists of following sub-components: (i) security and operation of main hydraulic infrastructures; (ii) irrigation and drainage infrastructure, and resettlement action plans (RAP) and environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) activities; and (iii) irrigation and drainage management. The second component, production and support to agriculture services will focus on progressively promoting a prominent private sector role to improve production, markets, and support services with an emphasis on improving efficiency along the value chain. It consists of following sub-components: (i) e-vouchers for re-launching production in the irrigation perimeters; (ii) matching grants for production and agribusiness in the valley; and (iii) organizational management support centers. The third component, support to sector development and implementation consists of following sub-components: (i) institutional strengthening of public institutions; (ii) innovation and agricultural training; and (iii) project implementation and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) support. The fourth component, contingent emergency response will draw from the uncommitted credit resources under the project from other project components to cover the emergency response.