Plaquette : Regional Action Plan for the Improvement of Irrigated Agriculture in the Senegal River Basin

REGIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN THE SENEGAL RIVER BASIN 25 Different strategic directions are taken into account in the project sheets whose implementation will make it possible to lift constraints linked to irrigated agriculture. In the legal and institutional area: • Secure access to land for both local populations and investors ; • Strengthen water resource management ; • Enhance coordination/consultation between suppor t institutions and users. In the area of water resources • Improve knowledge and use of natural resources; • Improve planning of schemes; • Reduce high construction of improvement schemes and pumping costs; • Consolidate and expand irrigation infrastructure • Manage water and maintain the schemes. In the fields of agriculture and agronomy • Protect irrigated crops; • Enhance advisory support and research and development; • Diversify and intensify cropping systems. In the economic area • Improve the economic environment • Support the financing of irrigated agriculture ; • Organize and support marketing networks. In the environmental field • Improve the environmental management of the schemes; • Preserve ecosystems.