Burundi

$30 million to improve water management and irrigation in drought-prone areas with investments in infrastructure and agricultural intensification through improved technologies, productive assets, and the establishment of farmer field schools.

The project will reduce poverty of the rural poor and combat food insecurity and malnutrition of vulnerable people in the drought-prone regions of Imbo and Mosso, where water management and irrigation are essential to agricultural intensification. GAFSP support will increase the availability and quality of food by intensifying and diversifying production, increasing agricultural productivity, and improving access to inputs (seeds and fertilizer) and technical know-how.