Kidal Integrated Rural Development Programme

The aim of the programme is to reduce poverty and food insecurity in the Kidal region. The programme’s specific objectives are to:

• increase and diversify the incomes of the area’s nomadic herders by promoting agropastoral activities
• improve people’s living conditions, and particularly those of women, by facilitating their access to basic socio-economic services, especially health and education, and to infrastructure

The government has made the development of the country’s northern regions a national priority. The aim of the Northern Regions Investment and Rural Development Programme is to exploit the hydroagricultural potential of the Niger River in the Tombouctou and Gao regions. The Kidal Integrated Rural Development Programme responds to the specific needs of pastoralist and nomadic groups. The two operations are complementary and are in line with the government’s priorities.

Source: IFAD