Ghana - Kpong Irrigation Project

The present intervention concerns the Kpong Irrigation Project (KIP). This project is to support Ghana’s economic recovery programme by contributing to the achievement of food security and self-sufficiency and improved living standards especially of the smallholder rice farmers in the project area. This should help the net annual family incomes increasing by Cedis 300,000 ($ 858 at 1991 exchange rates) from an average of 7,000 Cedis before the project. The project comprises of the following components: a) land development, b) buildings and infrastructure, c) vehicles and equipment, d) institutional support and training, e) construction supervision, f) credit, and g) recurrent costs.