Integrated Participatory Development and Management of the Irrigation Sector Project

The overall goal of the Integrated Participatory Development and Management of Irrigation Sector Project is to improve food security, incomes and livelihoods for 900,000 poor rural smallholder households in Indonesia. The project's development objective is to increase the value and sustainability of irrigated agriculture. The project will achieve its development objectives by:

• Improving agricultural production and market systems and services, including financial services, mainly for rice and high-value irrigated crops
• Rehabilitating, upgrading and/or modernizing primary, secondary and tertiary irrigation systems and drainage infrastructure
• Improving water delivery systems for irrigation schemes, strengthening water use associations, and improving management and operations
• Strengthening the capacity of government institutions and implementing agencies to best manage irrigation systems

The project area will cover 16 provinces in Java, Kalimantan, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi and Sumatra, comprising 74 districts and approximately 1,800 irrigation schemes, and covering a total area of around 1,900,000 hectares.