Swaziland

Government policy

Objective of LUSIP

Project area

Rationale of LUSIP

Approach

Beneficiaries

Irrigation system

Timetable

Project cost

Cost Benefit Analysis

Financing

Resumé

Project Area

The project area in which presently about 14,000 people are living is semi-arid and receives approximately 450 mm of rainfall per annum resulting in frequent occurring droughts.

Evidence from a recent conducted survey suggests that communities in the project area are very poor (Euro 574 per capita income p.a.) compared to other rural areas of Swaziland (average per capita income of Swaziland Euro 1,400 p.a.).

Government extension support to the region is minimal, while business skills are rudimentary and the degree to which credit reaches smallholder is very low.

 

Satellite image of the project area