Services
SERVICES
IRRIGATION SCHEMES AND BUSINESSES
- 450 Irrigation schemes commanding 26 000ha of irrigable land.
- 1,8 million beneficiaries
- Employment of 900 youths as Scheme Business Managers and Bookkeepers
- Hub and Spoke: Estate is the hub & the spoke are the irrigation schemes
- Establishment and management of fish ponds 12 000 tonnes of fresh fish annually
- Adoption of scheme business manager model to ensure irrigation schemes operate profitably
- Annual grain & oil seed output at 200 000tonnes
- 260 000 jobs
Dairy Development Programme
- Annual Milk Requirement:120 million litres
- Targeted milk contribution: 10%
- Beneficiaries: +/- 200 000.
- Management of 23 milk collection and processing centres.
- Decentralized value addition for milk products.
- Employment creation for rural folk.
Value Addition & Beneficiation
- Decentralization of 8 Micro Processing Plants for value & beneficiation of crops produced from rural irrigation schemes
- Aggregation centres at District level
- Employment creation for 1000 youths & locals
Village Horticulture Gardens
- One hectare horticulture garden per village
- 35 000 hectares of horticulture crops.
- Employment of 700 000 youths.
- 1,8 million beneficiaries.
- Aggregation centres for horticulture crops at ward level for value addition and beneficiation.
- At least 350 000 tonnes of horticulture crops produced annually
- 30% of produce exported