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The project to support small-scale irrigation in the Grand Ouest and the East region (PIGO+) aims to improve the food security of rural populations around developed lowlands and small irrigated areas and to increase their incomes to contribute to reducing poverty in rural areas.
The project builds on the long experience of cooperation between the Government of Burkina Faso and German cooperation (KfW) in the small-scale irrigation sector in western Burkina Faso1.
The various external evaluations of the projects financed by KfW in this sector in Burkina Faso agree on the performance of these projects, particularly in terms of developing high-quality, sustainable lowland developments with good yields. They also highlight the added value of KfW’s support for this sector. The recommendations of the evaluation of the last phase of the PIGO project have been taken into account in this new project2.
In this new phase, the PIGO+ project will be extended to the Eastern region of Burkina Faso, thanks to co-financing from AFD. The PIGO+ project will thus target the South-West, Cascades, Hauts-Bassins and Eastern regions of Burkina Faso. At the explicit request of the target groups (farmers and their organizations) and according to a production basin approach, the project will support the planning, implementation, development and management of hydro-agricultural developments, as well as the establishment of infrastructure necessary for the processing and marketing of agricultural products. |
