USAID'S Afghanistan Drip Irrigation Demonstration Project: Most Demonstration Plots That SIGAR Inspected Were Not Being Used As Intended

Abstract

In December 2016, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded DT Global (formerly AECOM International Development Inc.) a 5-year contract for $87.9 million to execute the Strengthening Watershed and Irrigation Management program (SWIM). As of April 8, 2020, $26.44 million had been disbursed. The SWIM projects objectives are to (1) support the Government of Afghanistan in strengthening water resource management capacity and coordinate with the USAID Regional Agriculture Development Programs to increase agricultural water productivity, (2) rehabilitate poor performing irrigation infrastructure and restore degraded-upland watersheds, (3) provide training to enhance the technical expertise of local entities to manage water resource, and (4) provide grants to communities and nongovernmental organizations to foster community watershed management. SWIM operates only in the northern region of Afghanistan; however, the contract has the option to allow the program to expand to the west and south after the initial phase.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1137550

Entities

People

  • John Sopko

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Agriculture
  • Communities
  • Contracts
  • Drainage Basins
  • Governments
  • Infrastructure
  • Nongovernmental Organizations
  • Organizational Structure
  • Productivity
  • Resource Management
  • Training
  • Water
  • Water Resources

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.