By Daily News Reporter in Dodoma
DIRECTOR General of
the National Irrigation Commission, Marco Ndonde, has called for a need
to observe the national comprehensive guidelines for the sustainability
of...
irrigation schemes.
He gave the call on
Tuesday while opening the National Irrigation Commission for the joint
information sharing workshop in collaboration with the Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) through the Project for Capacity
Development.
Mr Ndonde said the
project that started in 2015 /2016 for the Promotion of Irrigation
Schemes under the District Agricultural Development Plans Phase
II(TANCAID II Project) will wind up in August this year has cost 6.4bn/.
He said the project
has helped in strengthening the system in irrigation development
projects in line with the Comprehensive Guidelines though formulation,
implementation and operations and maintenance of irrigations schemes.
"Irrigation
development in the country needs to be implemented as stipulated in the
comprehensive guidelines for the sustainability or irrigation schemes as
described in the mission and vision of the National Irrigation
Commission," said the director general.
Mr Ndonde urged all
directors of the National Irrigation Commission and other irrigation
stakeholders to make sure they use the comprehensive guidelines
effectively during implementation of the irrigation activities.
To make the
projects sustainable even after the project winding up, he said, the
Irrigation Development Fund which is in the final stage before taking
off will see sustainability of irrigation infrastructures development as
well as maintenance for improved agriculture sector.
He said farmers in
the irrigation schemes had been educated on the need to contribute for
the maintenance of irrigation infrastructure development and maintenance
when the need arises as they have seen the benefit through the project.
The director
general said there would be a number of sources of revenue which would
be injected into the infrastructure development and improvement such as
irrigation services fees, while farmers will contribute five per cent of
the produce for the mission.
The Zonal
Irrigation Coordinator, Mr Okundese Emmanuel, said the capacity building
for the project supervisors and engineers have paid well, whereby the
monthly collection has increased from 2m/- to 20m/- in some of the
schemes which will be channeled to maintenance and other running costs
of the facilities.
Moreover, he said, farmers are now keen on upkeep of the schemes and infrastructure development, as they are beneficiaries.
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