... vast economic spinoffs
SIPHOFANENI (6:$'( &hief (xecu tive 2fficer &(2
6am 6ithole added that they were cog nisant of the vast economic spinoffs that would come with the aforesaid development
³7his will positive ly impact the com munities from the construction phase till its operation ´ he said
7he &(2 added that the 6mallhold er 0arket /ed 3ro ject 60/3 com menced in and was funded by the
,nternational )und for $griculture 'evelopment ,)$' the *lobal (nvironment )acility *() and the .ingdom of (swatini 6ithole said it was implemented under the auspices of (6:$'( ³7he goal of the 60/3 is to contribute to national poverty reduction while the project objective is to en hance food and nutrition security and incomes among smallholder producer families through diversified agricultural production and market linkages ´ he said
6ithole alluded that one earth dam had been fully constructed at Ngololweni community under the 6andleni ,nkhundla and was valued at ( million
DEVELOPMENT
He said the earth dam had been designed to address the needs of multiple users that include irrigation development washing bays for do mestic use drinking troughs for livestock and provision of water to the dip tank
He mentioned that the project identified the uses of the community and then integrated them with the future aspirations of the community
³7he downstream water development compris es of high water use efficient irrigation system to irrigate ha using gravity 7he gravity fed irrigation system has reduced the operational costs of production by up to per cent thus increasing the water productivity
³7wo other dams that have been rehabilitated include 0agojela dam in the Nceka &hiefdom and the Nhletjeni earth dam in Nhletjeni &hief dom ´ he added :hen asked how many liveli hoods they were supporting in the communities where they had been built the dams he said households and each household had an average of eight people under Ngololweni &hiefdom
households in the Nceka &hiefdom and households in Nhletjeni chiefdom 6ithole added that the Ngololweni community already benefits from the wetland where the (6:$'( 60/3 assisted with fencing the ha wetland