Period : February-June 2017
Country : Bolivia
Sponsor : AFD
Experts : Pierre COLLIERE
Main thematic and practical skills :
Resources management and agroecology
Assessment and studies
Objectives and context
Bolivian Ministry of Water and the Department of Cochabamba want to benefit from a French loan to finance an irrigation program. AFD chose the consortium composed of TERO and the Company “Société du Canal de Provence” (SCP) to carry out a feasibility study responding to bolivian institution requirement. TERO provided an expert on family farming issues in Bolivia, in addition to the irrigationexpertise provided by the SCP.
Services provided
Assessment of the technical and social feasibility of 6 small scale irrigation projects in the Cochabamba Valley
Technical and productive proposals for the agricultural development of these irrigated areas
Assessment of the local actors capacities
Proposal for a complementary support program of investments