MCC AGRICULTURAL SERVICES ACTIVITY

$31.63M USD

Funder	Millennium Challenge Corporation
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Millennium Challenge Corporation
Country	Mali
Start Date	Dec 23, 2007
End Date	Nov 04, 2012
Duration	1,778 days
Number of Grantees	22
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`65436-40`

Grant Description

Mali - Alatona Irrigation Project - AGRICULTURAL SERVICES ACTIVITY (the "Agriculture Activity"): Will focus on the basics of irrigated farming and will support a range of interventions that target capacity building, support, and techniques for rice, shallots, livestock and crop integration, and women's vegetable garden production.

During the first two years of the Alatona Irrigation Project, while the road and core irrigation infrastructure are designed and constructed (the pre-settlement phase), efforts will focus on building an institutional environment and testing agricultural, marketing, and water management practices focused on achieving farm profitability.

This Project Activity will support a range of agricultural, institutional and related services to strengthen capacity and improve agricultural practice through applied agricultural research, extension and farmer training, support to farmer organizations, and support to water users associations ("WUAs").