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2 Case Study

Consultancy Project for the
Management of Hydraulic Systems
and Rice Production in the Bagre
Reclamation Area (Burkina Faso)
for the second phase

Technical consultants in Burkina Faso provide support to farmers in the Bagre
Reclamation Area on harvesting produce.

In 1995, the TaiwanICDF began To i mp r ov e t h e pa r tn er During these meetings, the technical
to dispatch technical missions to organization’s capacity in managing team observed and recorded the
Burkina Faso to assist the Bagre the irrigation system, the TaiwanICDF feedback of farmers and advised on
Reservoir Management Office (now acted as supervisor and consultant problem solving strategies; they also
Bagre Pole) develop the Bagre area. to the Bagre Pole team, guiding reviewed the technical manuals for
The project was successfully handed them in the planning and allocation of rice farming and seed production
over to the Government of Burkina resources for the annual maintenance management and offered suggestions
Faso in 2008. Later, the Government plan, and reviewing the plans for the for revision. Since implementation
of Burkina Faso expressed the new irrigation system to facilitate the of this project, the team not only
intention to expand the area and sent initiation of construction works by the achieved a yield of over 4 tons per
request to Taiwan for assistance on construction team. In addition, the hectare over an area of 10 hectares,
rice production and maintenance project team arranged courses on but also successfully maintained 4.5
of the irrigation system in the area. irrigation management and irrigation tons per hectare within the extension
In 2011, the TaiwanICDF launched system inspection practices to foster area.
the Consultancy Project for the more irrigation system management As the scale of rice farming in the
Management of Hydraulic Systems personnel for the development area, reclamation area and Burkina Faso
and Rice Production in the Bagre as well as strengthened irrigation expanded, the country’s demand for
Reclamation Area (Burkina Faso) for facilities to raise the effectiveness of quality rice seeds also rose. In view
the second phase and dispatched their capacity for self-management. of this, the TaiwanICDF implemented
consultants specializing in irrigation After completing the training program, the Quality Seed Production Project
and agriculture to the country to assist four Bagre Pole irrigation staffs are in cooperation with Bagre Pole in
Bagre Pole, the partner organization, now capable of undertaking on- 2017 to fulfill the local demand for rice
improve its capacity in operation, site supervision for irrigation system seeds through assisting Bagre Pole
management and organization. repair and maintenance, material to establish a modern, reliable and
deployment, cropland water supply efficient seed production system.
Improving management and and water gate control independently.
efficiency of the irrigation system With reliable water supply, farmers now
For this project, we adopted achieve 95 percent crop yield at each
a participatory approach that harvest.
emphasized localization and To raise rice yield in the reclamation
harmonization. The aim is to facilitate area, the technical team assisted
sustainable continuation of the project Bagre Pole’s rice production team to
following transfer to the partner manage rice production farmlands and 95 %
organization through comprehensive renew rice seeds. The technical team
capacity building of institutional and also accompanied the agriculture Actual crop yield at
managerial competence and adopting promotion personnel from the Burkina each harvest
a good work attitude, instead of simple Faso government on visits and
export of technology. meetings with farmers’ organizations.

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