KHRYSOKHOU IRRIGATION

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With the help of this project, Cyprus aims to transform an area in one of the least developed regions into a permanently irrigated area producing high-quality high-value horticultural crops mostly for export. It also hopes to resolve the area's under-employment problem by creating stable and remunerative employment opportunities for several hundred farm families. The components of the project include: (a) a dam and appurtenant structures; (b) a water conveyance system; (c) an irrigation system; (d) on-farm systems including pipelines, land smoothing, and vegetable and orchard planting; (e) groundwater development; and (f) provisions for project management and administration. The project would directly benefit about 640 families in the project area by generating additional on-farm and off-farm part-time employment thereby increasing farm incomes.