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 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE PARACI PARACI Drafting and Update In 2002-2003 the authorities of the three member countries of Mali, Mauritania and Senegal instructed the OMVS High Commission to develop a Regional Programme for the long- term hydro-agricultural development of the Senegal River Valley (VFS). OMVS had the support and assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO) to prepare a Regional Action Plan for the Improvement of Irrigated Agriculture (PARACI). With the accession of Guinea in March 2006, and the soaring agricultural prices in 2008, OMVS requested the FAO for the second time to extend the Action Plan to Guinea and update the document. The donor roundtable to leverage resources for its implementation was not held after the validation of the PARACI. In its consistent efforts to resolve the issue of food security in the OMVS region, the Conference of Heads of State and Government (CCEG), held in Nouakchott in 2013, by resolution No. 0032/ER/XV CCEG/NKT/2013, urged the High Commission, in coordination with Member States, to organize as soon as possible a round table of technical and financial partners to seek funding for the implementation of the PARACI. It is within this framework that the OMVS High Commission requested and obtained funding from the French Development Agency (AFD) to update the 2009 country reports, update the 2010 action plan and assist in organizing the donor round table. The PARACI report includes a summary of the four country reports, an Action Plan and project sheets.