Ghana to Rehabilitate 10 Irrigation Schemes in July
The Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project is to rehabilitate and modernise 10 of the country’s irrigation schemes. Construction work on four major irrigation schemes and six smaller ones will start in July and is expected to be completed in 18 months.
It will involve redesigning and construction in a modernised way that would make it possible to control how much water is released to farmers who are expected to pay for the service to ensure sustainability.
On the expected benefit of the project, he said land under irrigation would be increased by 20 per cent.
“We have done studies on the soils that are at the various locations and the crops that are suitable to cultivate. It will help the farmers to grow what would yield and increase productivity."
Kay Ledbetter/AgriLife Today