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On October 4, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a grant agreement with the Government of the Republic of Niger inNiamey, to provide grant aid of up to 1.194 billion yen for a Project for Reinforcement of the Capacity of the National Office of Hydro-Agricultural Development for the Promotion of Irrigated Rice growing.

Under this project, agricultural equipment for developing and maintaining irrigation infrastructure will be procured with the aim of improving the living of farmers engaged in irrigation by expanding the quantity of agricultural products and hence the food security. It is expected that the area of irrigated land and the quantity of agricultural products such as rice will be increased and thus the standard of living of farmers including the food and nutritional situation will be improved.

Details for the project are provided below.

[Basic project information]

Country	Republic of Niger
Project title	Project for Reinforcement of the Capacity of the National Office of Hydro-Agricultural Development for the Promotion of Irrigated Rice growing. (Projet de renforcement de la capacité de l’Office National des Aménagements Hydro-Agricoles pour la promotion de la riziculture irriguée)
Planned implementation period	21 months, including detailed design work and the bidding period
Executing agency	National Office of Hydro-Agricultural Development (Office National des Aménagements Hydro-Agricoles)
Target region, facilities	Niamey city
Specific project details (provisional)	① Equipment procurement Equipment for construction: oil pressure shovels (6), compacting rollers (4), bulldozers (2), wheeled loaders (2), motor graders (4), vibrating rollers (4), dump trucks (12), sprinkler trucks (2) etc Equipment for maintenance: milling machine, fuel pump injection tester etc ② Consulting services Detailed design work, bidding assistance, procurement supervision, and (as intangible support) technical guidance for systemizing the maintenance of equipment and training of the operators to follow the operational regulations