In an effort to diversify the economy and create significant welfare improvements for the Nigerian citizens, the Federal Government desire to achieve sustainable growth in Irrigated Agriculture production and productivity given its global growing competitiveness in achieving higher output as well as raising incomes sustainably for the agricultural labor force with the overall gains of reducing the number of people living below poverty line.
To achieve this objective, the Federal Government of Nigeria is collaborating with the World Bank towards the implementation of a seven year program dubbed “Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) Project”.
The TRIMING Project Development Objective is to improve access to irrigation and drainage services and to strengthen institutional arrangements for integrated water resources management and agriculture service delivery in selected large-scale public schemes in Northern Nigeria.
TRIMING Project Intervention Site
Rehabilitation of Public
Irrigation Schemes
Rehabilitation and modernization of existing major irrigation systems, and integration with existing surface reservoir based canal irrigation.
Assure Integrated
Water Management
Establish holistic water resources management strategies to greatly improve governance in water management through WUA’s.
Increase Agricultural
Productivity
Encourage greater farmer participation in water management thereby providing dry-season farming which is important for improving agricultural productivity.