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Contact information
Mr Leopold Sarr
Country programme manager
IFAD
Via Paolo Di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0654592126
Fax: +39 0654593126
l.sarr@ifad.org
Facts and figures

Total cost: US$17.0 million

IFAD loan: US$4.7 million

IFAD grant: US$500,000

Cofinancing: African Development Fund (ADF) (US$4.7 million)
The Federal Republic of Germany (US$2.6 million)
The Netherlands (US$2.5 million)
World Food Programme (US$450,000)

Duration: 1982-1992

Geographical area: the Jahaly and Pacharr swamps on the south bank of the River Gambia, in the MacCarthy Island Divison

Directly benefiting: 1,000 households

Status: closed

Partners

Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, African Development Bank (AfDB), The Federal Republic of Germany, The Netherlands, World Food Programme