Myanmar Project Bank

Agriculture Development Support Project

Project Factsheet
Status:
Implementation
Start:
FY2016-2017
End:
FY2022-2023

Sectors

Agricultural development

Project Description

The project will have the following components:

• Strengthening irrigation and drainage management institutions;

• Rehabilitation and improvement of irrigation and drainage infrastructure;

• Improvement of land records and practices;

• Crop variety development and seed multiplication;

• Soil management, plant protection and extension of modern farming practices; and

• Farm mechanization.

Project Expected Benefits

Project Expected Benefits

The project will result to the increase of cultivated areas due to reliable provision of irrigation and drainage services. It will also increase crop yield and cropping intensity in the project areas.

Locations

Bago Region; Mandalay Region; Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory; Sagaing Region

Total Project Cost

100.00M

Financing Type

Development Assistance

Implementing Government Agency

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation

Donors

The World Bank

Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan Alignment

  • Pillar 1:
    Peace & Stability
  • Pillar 2:
    Prosperity & Partnership
  • Pillar 3:
    People & Planet
  • Goal 1
  • Peace, National Reconciliation, Security & Good Governance
  • Goal 2
  • Economic Stability & Strengthened Macroeconomic Management
  • Goal 3
  • Job Creation & Private Sector Led Growth                           
  • Goal 4
  • Human Resources & Social Development for a 21st Century Society
  • Goal 5
  • Natural Resources & the Environment for Posterity of the Nation

Contact Detail

U Zaw Min Htut
Deputy Director General/Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
zawmin269@gmail.com