Nile Delta Water Management Programme (NDWM) / Consultancy Services in Irrigated Agriculture

Overall project objective: Framework conditions for an efficient use of water in water supply and wastewater management as well as in irrigated agriculture in the Nile Delta are improved

The project activities are clustered in 5 output areas:

➢Subsector Water and Wastewater:

(1) Strengthening management capacities of water and wastewater ACs for an efficient water use.

(2) Initiating measures for efficient water use and climate-sensitive operation of water and wastewater systems by ACs.

➢ Subsector Irrigated Agriculture:

(3) Improving the range of advice and services for smallholder farms on water-saving cultivation practices.

(4) Initiating innovative measures and digital applications for efficient water use by smallholder farms.

➢ Crosscutting:

(5) Strengthening the participation of civil society and women's groups in water use efficiency.

AFC in consortium with NSCE assumes the tasks related to output areas 3, 4 and 5.

In the sub-sector of irrigated agriculture, NDWM focuses on selected governorates in the Nile Delta, namely Kafr El Sheikh, Beheira, Sharkia and Dakahlia, with the aim of more efficient use of water resources in irrigated agriculture at farm level. The target groups are predominantly small male and female farmers organised in cooperatives and water user organisations.