Eswatini - Komati Downstream Development Project (KDDP)

The Komati Downstream Development Project (KDDP) is designed to reduce poverty by improving household incomes, food security and access to social and health services for the rural population in the Komati downstream development zone. The KDDP entails the development of 7,400 ha of irrigated crops, mainly sugar cane, maize, vegetables and bananas in the PDA utilizing Swaziland's share of the water from the Maguga dam. Some 2,200 ha should be developed by Government and the beneficiaries while another 4,200 ha will be development under this operation. This is in addition to 1,000 ha that will be developed by other private farmers. The project should provide the required irrigation systems and infrastructure as well as credit funds to enable smallholder farmers to intensify and diversify their agricultural production building on existing market linkages with the private sector. The main components of the project are: (A) Agriculture Development (including provision of irrigation infrastructure), (B) Infrastructure Development, and (C) Project Management.