81252468-Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt

The overall objective of the project component ‘Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt’, which part of the ‘Water and Wastewater Management Programme Egypt’, is to improve framework conditions for water loss reduction and efficient water use in agriculture at the field level in selected areas of the Nile Delta. The project is clustered into four output areas, namely 1) Improved service provision of farmer cooperatives related to efficient use of water resources in irrigation; 2) Improved service provision of agriculture extension services related to water-saving cultivation practices and more efficient irrigation; 3) Climate-sensitive water needs planning and efficient operation and maintenance of improved irrigation infrastructure; and 4) Strengthening of the complaint management system for optimizing irrigation services and for avoiding conflicts.