Farmers who once used their agricultural skills to feed their families, now have the opportunity to turn farming into for-profit businesses.
The objective of the project is to improve access to irrigation and drainage services and to strengthen institutional arrangements for integrated water resources management and agriculture service delivery in selected large-scale public schemes in Northern Nigeria.
The World Bank today approved a $495.3 million credit to improve farmers’ access to irrigation and drainage services, strengthen institutional arrangements for water resources management, and improve delivery in selected public schemes in northern Nigeria.