ON FARM WATER MANAGE

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The On-Farm Water Management Project seeks to increase agricultural production by increasing the availability and efficient utilization of irrigation water at the farm level through improved water management practices. The project will include: (i) major renovations to about 2,000 watercourses and heavy cleaning of and minor improvements to about 16,500 other watercourses; (ii) precision land leveling on about 37,000 ac; (iii) demonstration plots; (iv) training of On-Farm Water Management (OFWM) and Extension Service personnel and Water Users Associations (WUA) officials; and (v) supervision and administration including technical assistance in the form of local supervisory consultants and expatriate experts.