PPP Projects in Irrigation to Date

Year Country Type of Project Details Status

PPP
1960 France Concession Coteaux de $600 million dams and networks, 20,000 ha Ongoing
Gasgogne

1957 France Concession Canal du $2 billion multi-functional infrastructure Ongoing

Provence

2002 Morocco DBOF / Guerdane 600 farmers, 10,000 ha, citrus Bid in 2004
Greenfields
concession
2004 Egypt DBO West Delta 600+ farmers, 37,800 ha, high value crops Bid in 2008

2007 Niger Lease or Toula 350 ha, smallholders growing rice Pilot project
concession for OMM

2007 Morocco Concession Northern - Proposed

ORMVAs

2008 Ethiopia DBO (BOT) Nile Irrigation Three schemes, 40,000 ha, average farm size 1-2 ha Proposed
Project

2009 Brazil DBO hybrid Pontal 7,717 ha, private firm manages settlement, chooses crops Proposed

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