September 2014

Water for Agri Sector

September 2014

PROJECT GOAL

Rehabilitated water infrastructure systems and improved water supply for rural population and agricultural production with a positive impact on the productivity, size and predictability of agricultural yields and well-documented lessons-learned and procedures for scaling up the approach to other communities.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• Enhance pilot communities potential for ramping up irrigated high-value crop production and yields increase
• Mobilize and establish rural community commitment and engagement in water resource management
• Provide access to community-owned improved infrastructure
• Create sustainable community ownership of stable water resource supply and management (water management cooperative based on the public-private partnership (PPP)
• Develop and implement sustainable financing mechanisms for water systems and replication of the project results.

Project start date: July 9, 2012
Project end date: October 8, 2014

Project implementation area:

- Beryslavskyy
- Novotroitsky

ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE:

• signed a memorandum on Cooperation with the Kherson Regional State Administration.

• In Beryslavskyy and Novotroitsky areas defined places of implementation two pilot projects.

• As part of the pilot project "Rehabilitation of irrigation water in v.Novokayiry Novokayirovkoy council Beryslavskyy district, Kherson Region" done at this time:

- Pipes and hydraulic pumps delivered
- The actual length of the trench dug - 6.6 km (total pipe footage for draft 7.2);
- The actual length welded pipes - 5.9 km;

photo report v. Novokayiry

• As part of the pilot project "Restoration of irrigation on agricultural land in the v. Chkalov Novotroitsky district, Kherson Region" done at this time:

- All equipment purchased and delivered to the customer
- The actual length of the trench dug - 3.7 km (total pipe footage for draft 3.9);
- The actual length welded pipes - 3.9 km;

photo report v. Chkalovo

Project web page: www.amdi.org.ua/index.php/uk/projects/swasad.html