Armenia Compact - Irrigation Infrastructure

Summary: MCC’s $177.7 million Armenia Compact (2006–2011) funded the $153.7 million Irrigated Agriculture Project, which included the $121.5 million Irrigation Infrastructure Activity to improve the quantity and reliability of irrigation water. The activity was designed on the theory that improved irrigation infrastructure coupled with the Water-to-Market Activity (training in agricultural practices, increased access to credit, improved capacity of the water user associations, and improved marketing opportunities) would prepare and encourage farmers to shift production to higher-value agriculture, thereby increasing profits and income.