Tags: Government Agency.
The Office du Niger is a semi-autonomous government agency in Mali that administers a large irrigation scheme in the Ségou Region of the country. Water from the Niger River is diverted into a system of canals at the Markala dam 35 kilometres (22 mi) downstream of Ségou. The water is used to irrigate nearly 100000 hectares (390 sq mi) of the flat alluvial plains to the north and northeast of Markala that form part of the Delta mort.
