Food security and emergency preparedness

• Plots of three (3) varieties of aromatic rice established on 0.8 hectares each at Ashaiman and Okyereko for seed multiplication and demonstration.
• Hundred (100) rice farmers were trained at Ashaiman, Okyereko, Afife and Kpong irrigation schemes in aromatic rice seed production.

• Thirteen (13) irrigation schemes have been completed, increasing the irrigable area by 325 hectares, out of 44,490 hectares,
• the revised projected benefit area of 1,483.00 hectares. This represents about 30% of benefit area.  The overall percentage of civil works completion is 79.51%.

Increased Growth in Incomes

• Beneficiary farmers actively growing onions, chillies and carrots in the Northern, Transitional and Southern irrigational schemes in the dry season. Others are into organic okra production for domestic and export markets.
• Insecticide trial on okra to control insect pest vectors conducted in collaboration with MOFA & Standards Board.  Beneficiary farmers are now ready to go into organic okra production for local and external markets.

Sustainable Management of Land and Environment

• Two Hundred and Eighty (280) irrigation farmers trained in management of irrigation systems
• Lakefront protection activities conducted on three (3) GIDAschemes (Ashaiman,Dawhenya, Okyereko)
• Tree nursery site rehabilitated at Ashaiman irrigation scheme and 2000 seedlings of  moringa raised

• An area of 450 hectares have so far been completed and put under irrigation. This represents about 55% of the benefit area. Overall completion of civil works is about 82%.

Tono Irrigation Project Rehabilitation

• Phase I of the rehabilitation of Tono Irrigation Scheme is completed. This involved 25,870 metres of left branch canal, 12,880 metres of right branch and 1,800 metres of infill canals. Farmers are already cropping.
• Phase II:  Unutilized lands in zones B and O of about 350 ha is being rehabilitated for tomato cultivation to feed the Kpwalugu   Tomato Factory
• Construction of spillway walls completed
• . Rehabilitation of farm service roads completed

Accra Plains irrigation Feasibility Study

• Draft feasibility studies for the entire 200,000 hectares and detailed design for 5,000 hectares completed. Cadastral surveys to identify landowners completed and ‘right of entry’ agreements signed with them
  • Pre-feasibility study for gravity option to irrigate 11,000ha complete

Rehabilitation of flood damaged in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions

• Overall completion is estimated at an average of 52% ranging from individual contracts of as low as 20% to as high as 100%

Improvement of irrigated agriculture developed under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)

• Construction of Kpong Left Bank irrigation scheme to put an additional area of 908ha under irrigation. About 21% complete
• Rehabilitation/extension of Bontanga Irrigation Scheme to increase irrigable area from 450ha to 495ha. Works about 31.4% complete
• Rehabilitation of 40ha Golinga Irrigation Scheme. Works about 29.4% complete.

Volta and Greater AccraRegions dams Rehabilitation Project

• Designs and bills of quantities have been revised and contract  documents completed for ten (10) dams in the Volta region
• Contracts have been signed for 2 dams at Dawa and Ave-Afiadenyegba.

Surface Water Extraction for Small Scale Irrigation

• A total of 897 pump sets and 266 sprinkler sets have been distributed to all 10 regions of Ghana and installation of same is on-going