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The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Irrigation and Water Resource Management (IWRM) Project is an infrastructure and land tenure intervention carried out in Senegal from 2010-2015 as part as MCC’s Compact with the Government of Senegal. The project was implemented in two regions along the Senegal River Valley, Delta and Podor, and included upgrades to and the rehabilitation of a canal and drainage system for 60,000 hectares of potential rice fields, construction of a multi-crop irrigated perimeter, clarification of land rights, development of a land allocation process, support for land rights of vulnerable groups, and training in land-tenure security tools and irrigation techniques for local water user committees. The key objectives were to increase agricultural production, employment, and incomes in the Senegal River Valley; formalize farmers’ land rights; and mitigate land disputes.

This report presents findings from an evaluation of the IWRM Project in the first three years after the compact closed in September 2015. We use a matched comparison group design to evaluate the impact of the Delta Activity on water use, agricultural production, household income, land security, and land conflicts. For the Podor Activity, we use a pre-post design to assess changes in the same outjavascript:void(0);comes.