CBU 1003: Pumped Irrigation Project (PIP)
Government of France

To rehabilitate irrigation infrastructure to ensure the efficient distribution of water across the targeted perimeters, improvement of the management and maintenance of irrigation infrastructure and lastly making better agricultural use of the rehabilitated perimeters.

Pumping stations and drainage and irrigation networks in the targeted perimeters (Myinkon and Kanni PIP) will be rehabilitated, in order to improve water availability and to facilitate the introduction of new cultivation systems that are more profitable for producers.

There are five components under this project:

Component 1: Rehabilitation of drainage and irrigation infrastructure

Component 2: Improvement in the management, operation and maintenance of perimeters

Component 3: Agricultural support to enhance water use efficiency and productivity

"PIP irrigating farmers in the Myingkun and Kanni PIPs

All farmers in the villages where the PIP farmers are located

WRUD (main department in charge of irrigation development and operation)

DOA (Department of Agriculture), in charge of agricultural extension

DAR (Department of Agricultural Research) for the development of new agricultural packages for farmers)

SLRD (Settlement and Land Records Department), for all issues concerning land and Land Use Certificate (LUCs). "