World Bank Helps Zambia Develop Irrigation Sector

The World Bank has approved a $115m credit to help Zambia improve its irrigation sub-sector under the Irrigation Development and Support Project.

The project will have four key components including irrigated agricultural support services, public infrastructure, private and cooperative investment, and management and coordination.

Under the partnership agreements between the government, communities and private sectors, knowledge and skills will be shared to strengthen project capacity and to prepare and operate medium-to-large smallholder irrigation schemes.

The irrigation schemes will be developed with bulk water supplies and associated infrastructure, which will be financed by the IDA credit and owned by the government.

The project will be implemented in selected sites over seven years and will be complete by 15 June 2018.