The Komati Basin Development Project

The Swaziland Komati Project Enterprise (SKPE)

I.	Project Title	Komati Downstream Development Project KDDP
II.	Objectives	To alleviate poverty in rural agricultural communities through participation in smallholder sugar cane and other crop production
III.	Description	Development of 7400 hectares of irrigated farms through participation of all affected people
IV.	Implementing Agency	Swaziland Komati Project Enterprise SKPE
V.	Cost	E415 million
VI.	Funding Gap	E385 million
VII.	Number of Beneficiaries	19,500 persons in the Project Area. 14,500 direct participants (estimated at 75%)
VIII.	Period	July 1999 - April 2006
IX.	Current Status	Feasibility Study complete. EIA and Final Design underway. Implementation due to start in early 2001. Seed cane under propagation.