Financed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), the project has completed key irrigation facilities under stage 1 which include a diversion dam, dikes, irrigation and drainage canals, canal structures, farm-t0-market roads, bridges, and other relevant structures.
The Mal-Mar irrigation project was designed to improve and utilize 10,840 hectares of farmland, in the towns of Pikit and Carmen in Cotabato ; and Pagalungan and Pagagawan in Maguindanao