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Income Diversification Programme in the Mali Sud Area
The programme helped producers reduce cotton production and diversify their crops. It also had the aim of mitigating the effects of the withdrawal of the Mali Company for Textile Development, which provided distribution and credit services in the region.
More specifically, the programme worked to:
- lay the basis for sustainable and self-managed community development by encouraging the creation of village farming organizations
- increase production of traditional crops and diversify agriculture to reduce the importance of the cotton network
- help establish mutual savings and credit institutions to encourage rural savings
- improve living conditions by improving access to villages in the area and by developing basic social services
Source: IFAD
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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$27.0 million
IFAD loan:
US$15.0 million
Cofinancing:
- West African Development Bank (BOAD) (US$4.6 million)
- OPEC Fund for International
Development (US$3.3 million)
Duration: 1996-2005
Geographical area: four districts in the north-east
of the Mali-
Sud area (San, Tominian, and Yangasso in Ségou region
and
Interfleuve in Mopti region)
Directly benefiting: 16,400 households
Status: closed |
| Partners |
| Ministère du développement rural et de l'environnement
(MDRE), Banque ouest-africaine de développement (BOAD) |
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