Rehabilitation and extension work on irrigated perimeters was carried out in several successive phases. This new Irrigation de N’Débougou IV project, aimed to create 5,093 ha (including 893 new and 4,200 rehabilitated), for the benefit of 2,041 family farms, by supporting Office du Niger in adapting and strengthening its organization, procedures and tools to meet today’s land tenure challenges.
Africa
Mali
Land administration
Context
Initiated in 1992, German cooperation (KfW) operations for the development of large-scale irrigation in the Office du Niger are mainly concentrated in the N'Débougou agricultural production zone, which covers a total area of 20,500 hectares.
Client
Office du Niger
Area
Mali, Segou
Partner
Nyeta-Conseils
Funding agency
KfW
Timeline
05/2023-11/2025
Missions
- In-depth analysis of land management practices, actors, processes and bottlenecks in the Office du Niger.
- Development and formalization of the Organized Land Management Approach (AGFO), including the modeling of 12 key procedures (allocation, transfer, eviction, etc.).
- Leading workshops and working groups with local stakeholders to co-construct procedures and best practices.
- Field support on a pilot perimeter, training and capacity-building for local agents and players.
- Design and progressive deployment of an open source web-based information system to automate the management of land transactions (workflow, register, monitoring, reporting).
- Produce an exhaustive inventory of plots of land and reconcile the actual situation with the official situation, facilitating regularizations and evictions.
- Feedback and capitalization to customer and partners.
2 041
family farms concerned
5 093
hectares covered
12
key formalized land procedures
Other references in the same sector
Modernizing land administration in Mozambique
Modernizing land administration in Mozambique
Modernization of the land information system in Tanzania – ILMIS
Modernization of the land information system in Tanzania – ILMIS
Land governance of the irrigation project in Mali
