Keita Project
Project / Program Summary

Sector(s):	Fight against Desertification, Poverty Alleviation
Title:	Keita Project
Donor country/ organization:	Italy
Other donors / organizations involved:
Beneficiary countries / regions:	Niger
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions:	F.A.O.
Duration:	3 years
Starting Date:	1997
Project / Program budget:	14,128 billion Italian Liras
Finance / Type of cooperation:	grant

Objectives
To combat desertification and land erosion.
Activities / contents
Resettlement of lands and Watering Systems. Reconstruction of the socio-economic framework.
Expected outcomes / impacts
To recover lands from desertification and to combat land erosion in the Ader-Doutchi Maggia Valley.
Features in line with the Agenda for Action
Poverty alleviation, possible replication in other regions/countries.

Bureau VII - Directorate General for Development Cooperation -
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Rome

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