Accra Plains Irrigation Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project

project in planning

MOFA, the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) and GCAP intend to pursue the development of reliable, efficient and safe delivery of irrigation infrastructure and services in the Accra Plains under a PPP arrangement by a private party. The Accra Plain is located on the lower West Bank of the Volta River and downstream of the Kpong Dam. The entire Accra Plain consists of about 200,000 hectares much of which remains under-cultivated due to lack of investment in irrigation infrastructure and services.Under the proposed PPP arrangement, a private operator would finance, supervise, operate and maintain the Accra Plains Irrigation Scheme leading to the development of up to 11,000 hectares of irrigated land. The Scheme would require the rehabilitation of the KIS Irrigation Project area as well as the construction, operation and maintenance of the new NDIS irrigation network. The estimated cost for the construction cost of the rehabilitation of KIS is around US$14 million; the estimated construction cost for NDIS is around US$77 million. Together the total investment is expected to be around US$90 million.