Outline of the Project

Project Title

Technical Cooperation Project on Community-based Smallholder Irrigation (T-COBSI)

Scheme

Technical Cooperation Project

Project Period

March 2013 to June 2017

Implementation Agency

Ministry of Agriculture

Target Areas

Northern Province, Luapula Province, and Muchinga Province

Sciene and Technology Cooperation on Global issues

T-COBSI is supporting the farmers to improve their food security by diversifying and increasing their food production through the application of Community-based Smallholder Irrigation (COBSI). The project is a successor to the Development Study which implanted 423 pilot projects. COBSI has proven to be a highly efficient approach due to its low cost, manageability, and swift return of the investment, and opened up 572 ha of irrigated land in two dry seasons. It is also effective in the area not suitable for large-scale irrigation.