Nigeria

Nigeria: Second National Fadama Development Project

Last Updated: Wed, 11/21/2007 - 17:36

The World Bank began a project in 1983 that involved installing 15,000 of low-cost shallow tube well technology combined with small engine-driven water pumps, a new technology that soon acquired the name "fadama irrigation".

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Region:Sub-Saharan Africa
Sector:Agriculture
Scale:Subnational
Settlement Type:Rural
Objective:"Serendipitous" Adaptation
Impacts:Crop Yield Decrease, Drought and Aridity, Water Shortages
Targetedness:Addressing Vulnerability Drivers, Building Response Capacity
Country:Nigeria
Adaptation Strategies Employed:Improving Infrastructure, Promoting Technology Change
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