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ODT-1.2 · Domain 1

Collective irrigation infrastructure

Production limited to the rainy season, conflicts over water use, irrigation schemes abandoned for lack of management.

How to read this sheet

The territorial problem addressed, what ODT delivers itself, the deliverables, the support of the other divisions, the SDG targets and the proposed monitoring indicators.

  • Context figures are sourced and dated.
  • Final indicators are agreed with the contracting authority.
  • Track-record status is shown until references are documented.
Shared production infrastructure
Illustrative drawing.

The context in Cameroon

8.4%of the road network is paved: 10,226 km out of 121,873 km. Most of the municipal network is unpaved.Ministry of Public Works (MINTP), interview with the Minister in Cameroon Tribune · data as at 31/12/2023 · source ↗
28.4%of rural households have access to electricity, compared with 87.6% in urban areas.INS, Fifth Cameroon Household Survey (ECAM5) · published 30/04/2024 · source ↗

Rural production is held back first by isolation and by the lack of reliable water and energy. This infrastructure is beyond the means of an individual producer: it requires collective planning led by municipalities and farmer organisations. See all the challenges →

What ODT delivers

  • Assessment of water resources and water-use rights at catchment level
  • Design of shared structures: intake, main canals, control structures
  • Organisation of the water users' association and water-sharing rules
  • Financing plan for the scheme and its maintenance

Deliverables

  • Water resources and demand balance
  • Outline and detailed design of the scheme (APS / APD)
  • Statutes and rules of the water users' association
  • Financing plan

With the other XP-NOVA divisions

Technologie ↗Pumping, on-farm irrigation (drip, sprinkler), automation
AGROVITA ↗Cropping systems and crop calendar for the scheme

ODT remains your single point of contact: it coordinates the support and brings the results together in one file.

Contribution to the SDGs

SDGsTarget
2Zero hunger
2.4 · Sustainable and resilient food production systems
6Clean water and sanitation
6.4 · Increase water-use efficiency
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure
9.1 · Reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure
13Climate action
13.1 · Resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards

Targets are abridged; the official wording is published by the United Nations.

Proposed monitoring indicators

  • Irrigated area farmed in the dry season (ha)
  • Volume of water abstracted per irrigated hectare
  • Fee recovery rate of the water users' association

Final indicators, baselines and targets are agreed with the contracting authority in the project's results framework.

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