IRRIGATION-LAKE ALAO

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The project is designed to provide improvement and extension of existing irrigation facilities over an area of 12,000 ha for year-round production. It includes the following works: (a) rehabilitation of the irrigation and drainage networks on 4,000 ha presently irrigated; (b) construction of the irrigation, drainage and road networks on some 6,000 ha of newly reclaimed areas; (c) construction of a drainage network on about 2,000 ha of marshland to be dry-farmed. The project also includes on-farm development works, the establishment of an experimental farm for crop diversification, a rural development study to examine the means for facilitating permanent settlement in the project area, agricultural extension services and procurement of operation and maintenance equipment.