Egypt - National Drainage Programme

Project Summary

Approval Date	17 Jun 2015
Signature Date	15 Nov 2015
Planned Completion Date	30 Jun 2024
Last Disbursement Planned Date	31 Dec 2023
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Agriculture and Rural Development
DAC Sector Code	31140
Environmental Category	2
Commitment	U.A 40,163,534.39
Status	Implementation

Project General Description

The National Drainage Program is a key part of the government’s Water Resources Development Strategy which seeks to optimize the efficiency of water resource use as well as improve the efficiency of the drainage systems. It should permit to optimize the benefits of irrigation by draining excess irrigation water from agricultural land. The implementation of the programme is expected to result in higher crop yields in the target areas, higher farm incomes, and increased food security and poverty reduction in general. Water logging and the soil salinity can reduce crop productivity by 20-30%. The programme includes three components, namely: (i) construction and rehabilitation of subsurface and surface drainage; (ii) strengthening of the Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects (EPADP) capacity for operation and maintenance; and (iii) project management and institutional development assistance.

Project Objectives

The principal objectives of this programme are to optimize the benefits of irrigation by draining excess irrigation water from agricultural land in order to reduce water logging and consequent soil salinity, in addition to making more land available for cultivation.

Beneficiaries

The primary beneficiaries will be the farming households in the project areas. Given the current land tenure in Egypt where the average farm size is one feddan, the primary/target beneficiaries should be approximately 125,000 households or 625,000 people, of which 50% are women. Indirect benefits include the prevention of further deterioration in crop yields if drainage is not improved, decrease of water borne disease incidence, improved rural sanitation, and protection of buildings against damage by the rising water table. Other benefits include an increase in land values after installation of drainage systems; increase in off-farm activities due to increased household income; improved health of households due to reduction of water-borne diseases and better nutrition.

Participating Organization

Funding

African Development Bank

Extending

Government of Egypt

Implementing

Ministry of Water Resources & Irrigation

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-EG-AAC-019
Last Update	25 Mar 2023

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Contact Details

Name	Mohamed-Yasser Hamdy ELWAN
Email	y.elwan@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Egypt

Coordinates	Location Name
26.5 31.7	Muhafazat Suhaj
26.04949 32.24142	Nag Hammadi
30.85 31.2	Nile Delta
27.18624 33.78845	Red Sea
30.05 31.65	Cairo Governorate
30.7 31.8	Eastern Province
31.07691 31.70474	El Mahmoudiyah
30.6 32.4	Ismailia Governorate
31.3 30.9	Kafrash Shaykh
25.7 32.65	Luxor

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Loan Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Project Type Interventions

Commitments

U.A 40,163,534

African Development Bank

U.A 40,163,534.39

Government Of Egypt

U.A 19,651,969.95

Disbursements

Repayments (Interest & Loan)

Document Type	Language	Document
Appraisal report	en	viewer
Appraisal report	fr	viewer
Contract	en	copie de mpp - ndpiii loan 14 september 2022
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at october 2019
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2015 to 2020 as at february 2021
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT JAN 2019
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT SEPT 2018
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at january 2020
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT APRIL 2019
Environmental Study	en	Egypt - National Drainage Programme ESMF SUMMARY - 05 2015
Evaluation Report	en	viewer
Evaluation Report	en	viewer
Evaluation Report	en	viewer
Evaluation Report	en	viewer
Expression of interest	en	pp - ndpiii loan
General Procurement Notice	en	GPN - Egypt - National Drainage Program – NDP III
Specific Procurement Notice	en	SPN – Egypt - Supply of IT Equipment - Third National Drainage project
Specific Procurement Notice	en	SPN – EGYPT - Supply of “Raw Materials for the Production of Corrugated Plastic Pipes” - Third National Drainage project NDP III

Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value	Actual Year	Actual Value
Household incomes for rural population	Number	2015	23570.0	2021	22970.0
Households benefitting from improved drainage efficiency	Number	2015	125000.0	2021	94400.0
Average yields per feddan (Rice)	Ton	2015	3,51	2021	3,87
Average yields per feddan (Maize)	Ton	2015	3,51	2021	3,66
Average yields per feddan (Wheat)	Ton	2015	2,76	2021	2,81
Average yields per feddan (Beans)	Ton	2015	1,44	2021	1,46
Average yields per feddan (Cotton)	Ton	2015	1,15	2021	1,41
Area with new sub-surface drainage (feddans)	Ha	2015	10000.0	2021	0.0
Average soil salinity (EC, ds/m)	None	2015	1,8 EC < 4 dS/m	2021	Not available
Area with new rehabilitated sub-surface drainage (Feddans)	Ha	2015	105000.0	2021	102000.0
Area with rehabilitated surface drainage (Feddans)	Ha	2015	10000.0	2021	30000.0
Number of environmental studies conducted	Number	2015	16000.0	2021	8000.0
Average water table depth (WTD)	m	2015	1,0-1,5	2021	1,24
Effeiceny of complaints/ problems presented to Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects (EPADP) per period of time	Number	2015	110.0	2021	120.0
Number of training modules for Collectors Users Associations (CUAs)	Number	2015	3.0	2021	3.0
Number of training modules for Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects (EPADP) Staff	Number	2015	10.0	2021	10.0
Number of annual work programs prepared and executed	Number	2015	6.0	2021	5.0
Periodic Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) reports; progress reports, annual audit reports submitted on time	Number	2015	6.0	2021	3.0