Egypt Farm-level Irrigation Modernization Project
Irrigation modernisation, Mesqa and farm-level improvements for up to 140,000 small farmers on up to 80,000 ha (200,000 feddans) in three Nile Delta command areas: 155,300 feddans (83 per cent of the 190,746 feddan target) improved by closing; diesel pumps replaced by electric ones; agricultural output per feddan up 30.9 per cent and irrigation operating costs per feddan down 46.2 per cent in Egypt.
The record
- Country
- Egypt
- Location
- Nile Delta (Mahmoudia, Manaifa and Meet Yazid canals)
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Irrigation modernisation
- Capacity
- Mesqa and farm-level improvements for up to 140,000 small farmers on up to 80,000 ha (200,000 feddans) in three Nile Delta command areas: 155,300 feddans (83 per cent of the 190,746 feddan target) improved by closing; diesel pumps replaced by electric ones; agricultural output per feddan up 30.9 per cent and irrigation operating costs per feddan down 46.2 per cent
- Capital cost
- US$173.7 m total project cost expected by 30 June 2018 (World Bank completion report; US$156.6 m at the report date), stated in US$
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- IBRD loan 7984-EG of US$100 million (approved 14 December 2010), French Development Agency US$42 million and Egyptian government US$14.6 million as reported at completion, with JSDF and GIZ support
- Award or start year
- 2010
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-10-19.
History
- 2010-12
World Bank approves a US$100 million loan on 14 December
- 2012-07
Loan becomes effective on 10 July
- 2016-06
Restructuring extends the closing date by 18 months and revises the objective
- 2017-12
Project closes on 31 December
- 2018-06
Implementation completion report issued
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- World Bank, Egypt Farm-level Irrigation Modernization (P117745), project record. projects.worldbank.org.
- Board approval 14 December 2010, closed 31 December 2017, implementing agency Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation.
- World Bank, Implementation Completion and Results Report, Loan 7984-EG (June 2018). documents.worldbank.org.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Total project cost US$156.6 million at the report date, expected to reach US$173.7 million by 30 June 2018 once the French Development Agency loan closes; loan effective 10 July 2012; restructured in June 2016 (closing date extended by 18 months, objective revised to access to modern irrigation systems); 155,300 of 190,746 feddans improved; output per feddan up 30.9 per cent and operating costs down 46.2 per cent, mainly through the switch from diesel to electric pumping.