NEW HALFA IRRIG. SCH

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The New Halfa Irrigation Rehabilitation Project will, over five years, rehabilitate the existing New Halfa Irrigation scheme by providing it with the means to quickly increase and sustain agricultural production through efficient use of available land, water and human resources. Specifically, the project will include agricultural machinery, workshop facilities and fuel storage; road making and canal maintenance equipment; initial rehabilitation of the canal and road systems; motor vehicles and telecommunications equipment; stores; field staff housing and a training center; electro-mechanical equipment and a mechanical delinting plant; training, technical assistance and consultancy services; field health centers, rural water supplies, and malaria and bilharzia control programs; cash requirements to operate NHAPC in the first three years of the project. Start-up, debt and cost recovery and realization of projected yields are foreseen as major risks, but adequate provision has been made in the project design to accommodate these concerns.