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Southern
Uplands Rural Development Project Phase II
At the time of operation, the project area
accounted for 37 percent of the country’s population and 36 percent
of its cultivated land. The main objective of the project was to improve
the living conditions and increase the farm income of poor rural people.
By the time IFAD closed its operation there, extension had covered
about 70 percent of the land and 41 percent of the villages
in the project area.
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$81.7 million
IFAD loan: US$14.0 million
Cofinancing:
- World
Bank – International Development Association (IDA) (US$17.0 million)
- UE/Abu
Dhabi Fund for Agricultural and Economic Development
(US$10.0 million)
- Switzerland/Swiss
Development Cooperation (SDC) (US$6.0 million)
Duration: 1981-1984
Geographical
area: southern uplands in Taiz and Ibb governorates
Directly benefiting:
60,000 households
Status: closed |
| Partners |
- European Union
- Government of Yemen
- Switzerland/SDC
- UE/Abu Dhabi
- Wolrd Bank (IDA)
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