In cooperation with a multi-donor program for the Lac Region of Chad, USAID is proposing to finance the construction of an irrigation development of the Tandal Polder near Bol (Figure 1A-i). The project consists of empoldering (diking) an area of approximately 800 hectares of Lake Tchad, providing facilities to irrigate the land by gravity and irrigation, and provide drainage facilities to ensure that the project continues to function as designed. The physical facilities include two intake structures with pumping facilities sufficient to assure a constant water supply during most years, a system of drainage canals and pumps to control seepage and surface runoff (Figure 1A-2). Since the lands in the proposed Tandal Polder are presently inundated by Lake Tchad, persons to irrigate the proposed lands must be selected. The selection and subsequent assignment of lands and land rights must be carried out in a manner that will help ensure the success of the project. The method of selection that currently exists will be reviewed, and this report will suggest other methods that may assist the project in becoming socially acceptable to the neighboring Tchadian people. The availability of people and their cropping preferences will also be investigated. Once implemented, the Tandal Polder Project becomes a part of the Bol Polder Development. Guini and Berim Polders are currently under construction using funds provided by the World Bank, and the Mamdi Polder Development is under study by the Arab Banque. If all four polders are eventually completed as planned, they will form an area of over 3,000 hectares of irrigated lands. Maintenance and operation of these projects will then become an integral part of ensuring that they will produce the desired benefits to the people of the Lac Region.