The Republic of Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world. The irrigation sub-sector contributes about 28 percent of the agricultural sector's GDP. This confirms its strategic significance for food production. The establishment of the Public Irrigation Rehabilitation Program in Niger (PRPIP) aimed to develop the potential of existing irrigated areas. Their rehabilitation was an integral part of the current strategies of the Government of the Republic of Niger and concretized the Five-Year Priority Plan of the investment program of the Niger Basin Authority (ABN). For the implementation of this program, the ABN had obtained financing of 11 million euros in the framework of the German financial cooperation (KfW).

The program targeted the rehabilitation of ten (10) public irrigation schemes (PIP) in the Niger River Valley, located in the regions of Tillabéri, Niamey and Dosso. These ten schemes made an area of 2,532 ha, i.e. 25% of the national rehabilitation program planned by the 3N Initiative (Les Nigériens Nourrissent les Nigériens). The particularity of this project is the participatory rehabilitation. Thus the project has worked to achieve five results:

• R1: Participatory physical rehabilitation of the ten public irrigated schemes (10 PIP) for a surface area of 2,532 ha;
• R2: Capacity building of irrigators and their organizations: 12 training modules were identified and provided to 1,458 cooperative members;
• R3: Strengthening the capacities of the contracting authorities: 6 training modules were identified and given to 38 regional managers;
• R4: Improvement of processing and strengthening of rice supply and marketing networks (construction of mini-rice mills and shelters for rice hullers and construction of storage and drying areas.
• R5: Treatment of the protection of Koris.