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Income Diversification Project

The objectives of this project were to increase and stabilize household incomes of disadvantaged, resource-poor women and men by improving the productive potential of their livestock, land and water resources and their labour. Credit was provided for activities such as upgrading small flocks of sheep and goats, planting trees and upgrading water harvesting.

Source: IFAD



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Contact information

Omar Zafar
Country programme manager
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
Rome, Italy
Work: +39 0654592348
Fax: +39 0654593348
o.zafar@ifad.org

Facts and figures

Total cost: US$19.7 million
Approved IFAD loan: US$10.0 million
Duration: 1994 - 2001
Directly benefiting: 9,600 households
Cofinancing:

  • Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (US$8.0 million)
Status: Closed