Basic Data

E. D. Bosompim- Manager

Project name:               Akumadan

Year started:                 1974

Year completed:           1976

Potential area:               1000 ha

Developed area:           65 ha

Irrigated area:               40 ha

Irrigation type:  Pump + Sprinkler

Background Information

The scheme which is located in the Ashanti Region and lies between latitudes 7^o 22’N and 7^o 24’N and longitude 1⁰ 59’ and 2^o W. It is about 100 km from Kumasi on the main Kumasi – Tamale road.

The scheme was commissioned in1976 and involved the cultivation of tomatoes on an irrigable area of 80 ha (net). The full potential area for the project is however 1000 ha. Tomatoes produced here were initially intended to feed the Wenchi Tomato factory. Two crops are cultivated in the project, tomato in the dry season and maize in the wet season.

Headworks And Infrastructure

The irrigation facilities consist essentially of:

1. A composite earthen dam and concrete weir spanning the Akumadan River.

2. A pump house accommodating two diesel pump units of 85 hp all old and dismantled.

3. A 100 mm diameter galvanized pipe to convey water to the field with 50 mm diameter aluminum pipe serving as laterals for the sprinklers needs replacement.

Water Pump: There are three Deutz pumping machines on the project. One (1) of them is six cylinder engines and two are four cylinders.

Present Situation

The project is functioning with the installation of two new electrical pumps.

Contact Details

Name of Scheme Manager:       Mr. E. D. Bosompim

Tel: _233-242-201-960