Togo Set to Benefit from New Phase of PARIIS Irrigation Project

Agriculture

Thursday, 12 June 2025 12:52

Togo Set to Benefit from New Phase of PARIIS Irrigation Project

(Togo First) - Togo and three other West African countries could gain stronger irrigation support under the new phase of the Projet d'Appui Régional à l'Initiative pour l'Irrigation au Sahel (PARIIS). Officials announced this on June 10, 2025, at a two-day sub-regional meeting in Lomé.

The meeting gathered current beneficiary countries to review six years of PARIIS-SIIP implementation, which ends on June 30. It also allowed exchanges with other member states of the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), including Benin, Togo, Guinea-Bissau, and Equatorial Guinea.

PARIIS-SIIP operates in six Sahelian countries—Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal—with funding of $170 million (about CFA97 billion) from the International Development Association (IDA). The project has built a foundation for sustainable irrigated agriculture, addressing various water management methods.

CILSS deemed the results conclusive. The project reached 185,867 direct beneficiaries, 35% of whom are women. It developed or rehabilitated 19,411 hectares, documented 15 irrigation solutions, and trained 73,600 people on irrigation.

“These results pave the way for the second phase of the project, now integrated into the ‘Development, Resilience and Water Valorization in West Africa (DREVE)’ program,” said Frédéric Dabiré, PARIIS regional coordinator. Hubert Ndjafa, representing CILSS’s Executive Secretary, praised the achievements, highlighting “renewed knowledge that will continue to improve agricultural practices.”

Togo is among the countries invited to join the new DREVE phase. “Discussions are underway with the Togolese authorities and financial partners,” Dabiré said.

The program’s rollout in Togo should align with the government’s food security goals amid climate change challenges. With much of its population relying on agriculture, Togo views irrigation as a key tool to boost crop yields.

This article was initially published in French by Esaïe Edoh

Edited in English by Ange Jason Quenum

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