IRRIG. XVII

closed

The Seventeenth Irrigation (East Java Province) Project will comprise: (i) rehabilitation of existing surface irrigation systems serving about 50,000 ha; (ii) development of groundwater irrigation systems to serve about 13,000 ha; (iii) upgrading of operation and maintenance for about 140,000 ha of irrigation systems already rehabilitated; and (iv) strengthening of the East Java Provincial Irrigation Service. The project is a time slice of ongoing Government of Indonesia programs in East Java to improve small and badly deteriorating irrigation systems, and to provide groundwater for dry season cropping. Its main objectives are to establish a sound provincial irrigation service capable of designing and implementing irrigation improvements and properly operating and maintaining them, and to expand the use of groundwater, which will result in steadily increasing output and incomes of smallholders.