KURUNEGALA RURAL DEV

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The Kurunegala Rural Development Project aims to assist in raising productivity, employment, incomes and living standards and to develop a replicable model for rural development for other districts in Sri Lanka. The project will provide for rehabilitation of existing irrigation schemes accompanied by improved water management practices to fully exploit the irrigation potential, and for programs for replanting/underplanting, intercropping and fertilizing of smallholder coconut plantations. The project will also strengthen agricultural extension services, improve the supply of input services such as fertilizer distribution and seeds supplies, and lay the foundation for a viable agriculture credit system. These directly productive investments will be complemented by investments in transportation, health, education, water supply and rural electrification.