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Tihama Development Project III (Wadi Mawr)

The project was the first of IFAD’s operations in Yemen. Centred in Wadi Mawr on the Tihama coastal plain, it provided the infrastructure necessary to improve irrigation in the area by regulating the spate water flows of Wadi Mahr to ensure even distribution over cultivable land. Through improved irrigation facilities, it was possible to develop a total of 22,000 ha of land. A 148 km gravel feeder road was built, and 71 villages were provided with a domestic water supply. The project included construction of extension centres, offices, staff residences and a research farm at Surdud.

 

Source: IFAD

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Contact information

Mr Omer Zafar
Country programme manager
IFAD
Via Paolo Di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0654592348
Fax: +39 0654593348
o.zafar@ifad.org
Facts and figures

Total cost: US$87.6 million

IFAD loan: US$12.0 million

Cofinancing:

  • World Bank (IDA) (US$15.0 million)
  • Kuwait/Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (KFAED) (US$12.7 million)
  • Germany/Reconstruction (KFW) (US$8.4 million)
  • United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) (US$3.2 million)
  • European Union (US$3.0 million)

Duration: 1980-1988

Geographical area: Tihama coastal plain

Directly benefiting: 6,200 households

Status: closed
Partners
  • European Union
  • Germany/KFW
  • Government of Yemen
  • Kuwait/KFAED
  • UK-DFID
  • World Bank (IDA)