MORONDAVA IRRIGATION

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The Morondova Irrigation and Rural Development Project area will be divided into three units. The first, will be devoted to irrigated rice cultivation by some 2,300 small farmers to be settled there. The second will be developed as a state farm specializing in tobacco and peanut production, with burley tobacco grown in rotation with peanuts and forage crop. The third will be developed as a state farm for cotton production, with medium staple cotton grown in rotation with a forage crop. The specific project works will include: (a) construction of a diversion dam at Dabara on the Morondava River; (b) rehabilitation of about 64 km of main canals; (c) a gravity irrigation and (d) a sprinkler irrigation system on 2,700 hectares for tobacco and peanut cultivation; (e) on-farm development, including tertiary and quaternary canals and drains; (f) improvement and construction of about 90 km of roads in the project area; (g) construction of project buildings; and (h) construction of ten new villages and expansion of ten existing ones.